Ochoa was rumoured to be close to a move in January, however Malaga's sporting director told him he had to stay.

And, according to reports in Spain, he has asked the club's bosses to let him leave in the summer.

But the 29-year-old has struggled for game-time, only playing in the Copa Del Rey.

The Mexico goalkeeper signed for Malaga in the summer after an impressive World Cup in Brazil.

In January, Mario Armando Husillos told ESPN: "He is going to stay in Malaga, there is only a little time left [in the transfer window] and I just don't see us getting any kind of great offer nor do I see us contemplating it.

"I think he will be here, we are not going to get into any problems. In football, what you have leftover from today is never enough for tomorrow, things can change radically."

Husillos added: "I am pleased that 'Memo' is with us.

"He is a professional and I like the way he handles himself as well as his behaviour in the dressing room.

"People idolise him even though he has not played. He has never, not once, come to me with a problem.

"Not one day has he come and said, 'Mario, this or that has happened to me.'"

However the latest reports state Ochoa is annoyed at the lack first team chances and will seek a move when the transfer window re-opens in the summer.