The Spain international kept 25 clean sheets for the Red Devils last season, and he also won the Premier League Golden Glove award.

Despite this, United decided against renewing his £375,000-a-week deal and were happy to release him at the end of the campaign.

It is now reported by Florian Plettenberg that De Gea has given the go-ahead to join Bayern, but he is currently not the first-choice.

The Bavarian giants prefer to sign Manchester City's Stefan Ortega . If a deal is unsuccessful, they could turn attention to De Gea.

Personal terms are unlikely to be a problem for the Spaniard, who is said to be determined to play again after missing a whole pre-season.

Bayern are currently uncertain over a return date for no.1 Manuel Neuer , who underwent a surgery to remove metal implants from his leg.

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