Albin Ekdal is on the verge of completing his €2m move to Sampdoria, as Hamburger SV confirmed “the player has asked to leave.”

The 29-year-old Sweden international is only under contract until June 2019.

“The situation with Albin is clear: the player has asked to leave,” declared Hamburg director of sport Ralf Becker in a Press conference.

Sky Sport Italia, La Gazzetta dello Sport and others are also confident he’ll have a medical with Sampdoria on Monday or Tuesday.

Albin Ekdal is on the verge of completing his €2m move to Sampdoria, as Hamburger SV confirmed “the player has asked to leave.”

The 29-year-old Sweden international is only under contract until June 2019.

“The situation with Albin is clear: the player has asked to leave,” declared Hamburg director of sport Ralf Becker in a Press conference.

Sky Sport Italia, La Gazzetta dello Sport and others are also confident he’ll have a medical with Sampdoria on Monday or Tuesday.

The cost of the operation is €1.7m plus €0.3m in performance-related bonuses.

This is a return to Serie A for Ekdal, who already played for Juventus, Siena, Bologna and Cagliari.

He left Italy in 2015 with a €4.5m switch to HSV.

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