With the urgent goal of finding a goalkeeper for the new season, Bayern Munich began negotiations with David de Gea – the former Man Utd keeper who left Old Trafford on a free transfer from the beginning of July.

There were reports that De Gea had reached an agreement to move to Real as a temporary replacement for Thibaut Courtois, who had just suffered a very serious knee injury, but in the end Los Blancos signed goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. of Chelsea. Therefore, until now, after a month and a half leaving Man Utd, De Gea is still unemployed.

According to Sport Bild, the Bundesliga champions are in talks with the Spanish goalkeeper with the aim of temporarily replacing Manuel Neuer because the Bavarian Gray Lobster’s No. possess. Neuer broke the tibia and fibula of his right leg, in a skiing accident in December 2022.

Soon after, the 37-year-old goalkeeper was operated on, but his recovery was stalled, progressing very poorly. Many sources believe that Neuer has a lot of difficulty putting weight on his right foot to kick or kick the ball up with his left foot. Therefore, it is not excluded that Bayern must plan to have this veteran goalkeeper perform one more surgery to correct this problem.

Bayern will begin their journey to defend the Bundesliga title at the weekend, with a trip to Werder’s field. Therefore, the Gray Lobster wants to quickly sign a contract with De Gea. However, the biggest barrier between the two sides at the moment is asking for too high a salary from the former Man Utd goalkeeper.

Before leaving Man Utd, De Gea received £ 375,000 / week. Even if this number drops significantly, it is still too high a salary for the big boys in Germany’s top league.