Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with second degree murder after the death of George Floyd in custody last month, was reportedly negotiating with prosecutors over a possible guilty plea deal in the days leading up to his arrest.

The embattled cop, 44, was said to be discussing the specifics of the deal four days after Floyd's death on Memorial Day. He was arrested a day later after those talks broke down, Fox 9 News reported.

Sources told the network the deal would've been 'universal', and would've included state murder charges as well as federal civil rights charges.

The revelation comes as David Pinney, who once worked as a security guard with Floyd and Chauvin at a Minneapolis nightclub, claims the pair would regularly 'bump heads', which had a lot to do with the cop being 'extremely aggressive'. 

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office has since confirmed the existence of Chauvin's plea talks in a statement. 

'There were early negotiations with [Chauvin], between the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, and the U.S. Attorney,' said Hennepin County Attorney spokesperson Chuck Laszewski. 'Ultimately, those negotiations failed.'