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Louis van Gaal is ready to reinstate David De Gea as Manchester United No.1.

Keeper De Gea will hold clear-the-air talks with manager Van Gaal at the Reds' training ground on Wednesday, for the first time since the collapse of his deadline-day move to Real Madrid last week.

And, according to club insiders, Van Gaal is ready to make De Gea as his first-choice again - with the Spaniard in line to return at home to arch-rivals Liverpool on Saturday evening.

The Dutchman refused to pick De Gea while his future remained unresolved, so summer signing Sergio Romero has started in goal for all six of United's games this season.

But with De Gea now remaining at the club, following the cock-up over paperwork which thwarted his move to the Bernabeu, the 24-year-old is set to be recalled.

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Although Van Gaal likes his players to build up their match fitness in reserve games before recalling them to the first-team, it is now understood that policy does not apply to goalkeepers.

De Gea has continued to train with the squad, despite Van Gaal's decision not to select him — he felt the player had lost his focus as the saga over his future rumbled on.

Van Gaal will sit down with De Gea - who saw his first competitive action of the season on Tuesday in Spain's 1-0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over Macedonia - after training on Wednesday to discuss the fall-out from his botched switch to Real, and will assess whether he is ready to start at the weekend.

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Prior to the international break, Van Gaal admitted he had not seen enough from Romero to convince him the Argentina No 1 - who played for him previously at Dutch club AZ Alkmaar — can cope with the unique physical demands of English football.

Romero was beaten at his near-post for Swansea's opener in United's 2-1 defeat in their last Premier League game and has since acknowledged he is under pressure to keep his place now De Gea is staying put.