DEDRYCK BOYATA is set to sign for Hertha Berlin this summer after agreeing terms with the Bundesliga side, writes Mark Walker.

The Belgian international is out of contract at the end of the season and Celtic are resigned to losing the former Manchester City stopper.

Boyata has almost certainly played his last game for the club too with Neil Lennon admitting a hamstring injury suffered in last week’s gruelling Old Firm win will rule him out for a couple of months.

Greek giants Olympiacos were credited with renewing their interest in the 28-year-old this week, after trying to buy him in the summer.

But Boyata has now agreed to move to Germany and play for Hertha Berlin, who currently sit in mid-table in the Bundesliga.

Ambitious Hertha are set for a rebuilding job next season and have been looking for a replacement for the Swiss international defender Fabian Lustenberger, who is returning to his homeland with Young Boys Berne next term.

The Hertha manager Pal Dardai has been given the green light to reshape his squad next term and the former Hungary head coach made Boyata his main target for the summer.

Reports in the German press have insisted Boyata has agreed to move to the capital and he is set to play his football at Hertha, who last won the Bundelisga title in 1931.

Boyata has made 135 appearances for Celtic in all competitions over a four-year period and won seven major honours.