Manchester United goalkeeping scout Tony Coton has spoken about the future of David De Gea.

The club's long serving shot stopper is out of contract and has not renewed his deal.

While Coton admitted the Red Devils have been linked to many keepers these past few weeks, he also defended the quality of De Gea.

"He's [De Gea] been one of the most consistent goalkeepers around the world really, not just Europe and the Premier League," Coton told Sky Sports.

"What he's done for the club - a great servant - and I don't know at this moment in time where we stand with his contract.

"I don't know whether he's signing a new contract, I really don't know, I'm not privy to that at the moment. We have been linked with a lot of goalkeepers. Speculation in the press, you can't hide that being at Man United.

"We get linked with a lot of players that we don't get. We get linked with players that we're not even interested in; it just goes with the territory. We just have to watch this space to see what happens with David and where we go on the goalkeeping front."