By Jamie Spencer David de Gea is at last nearing a return to football more than a year after his contract at Manchester United expired and he left the club as a free agent. At 33, De Gea is by no means old for a goalkeeper, but his departure from United after 11 seasons left him without a team. The Spaniard wasn’t short of offers last summer but resisted the lure of the Saudi Pro League in the hope of landing a competitive project in Europe. It turned into a whole season out of the professional game, one in which De Gea used the time to rest, engage in hobbies and outside business interests, a…