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Vincent Kompany is involved in a bid to take over Stockport County .

The Manchester City skipper is associated with a Belgian entrepreneur who is behind one of two current bids which are seeking to revive the fortunes of the National League North club.

It is thought that Kompany has not taken an active part in the proposed takeover, which will be discussed by both the club's shareholders and football board at a meeting tomorrow.

He is focused entirely on his playing career, and does not want any distractions – he is currently with the Belgium squad preparing for the World Cup.

But he has been putting out feelers in various businesses – including a consortium headed by Belgian businessman and former classical pianist Klaas Gaublomme, which wants to take over County.

Kompany graduated from Manchester Business School with a master's degree in business administration last year.

He said at the time: “Although I want to continue playing football as long as possible, I may look to use this combination of academic learning and years of playing experience in the future.”

He opened two sports bars in Belgium in 2014 under the name Good Kompany, but both closed within a year of opening.

He is also a partner with Gaublomme, who made his name in the music and entertainment business, in a Manchester-based management consultancy called Football Centrix.

County's shareholders and board will discuss the two proposals tomorrow, but both the club and the bidders are staying tight-lipped.

The bid associated with Kompany was made late last year, and the other has been on the table much longer.

County have been in the sixth tier of English football since 2013, after a dramatic decline from reaching the lofty heights of the first division – now the Championship - in 1997.

But at that level they are a sleeping giant, averaging crowds of 3,500 this season and getting over 6,000 for their play-off defeat by Chorley.

This season, under the management of Jim Gannon, they reached the play-offs – but they are in competition with clubs like Salford City and Harrogate Town, who have the financial backing to run full-time squads.

County are currently owned by various shareholders with one of them – and both bids are understood to be seeking 51 per cent of the shares.

County have remained quiet on the matter, with both parties believed to have signed non-disclosure agreements.

But they issued a statement after being quizzed on the bids: “Regardless of any external interest in the football club, the current board of directors, the staff and the management team have taken a pragmatic 'business as usual' approach, and we continue to plan for the new season.

“The manager is building a formidable squad for 2018-19.”

Kompany bought his hometown club FC Bleid-Molenbeek, when they were relegated from the Belgian third division, in 2013 and re-named it BX Brussels.

He called that 'a sporting and social commitment' and the club now plays in the fifth tier.

Kompany's wife Carla recently suggested that the 32-year-old has shelved any decision on his future until after his playing days are over.

He has a City contract until next summer and hopes to play beyond that, after re-establishing himself as first-choice for City this season.

He has dabbled with the idea of television punditry and could move into football management, but he already has interests in real estate.