Liverpool target Virgil van Dijk ordered to train alone at Southampton after telling club he wants to leaveVirgil van Dijk is training alone at Southampton after telling the club he wants to leave.
The Holland defender was a target for Liverpool earlier this summer, only for interest to be withdrawn after Southampton reported the Anfield club to the Premier League for tapping up.
But the 26-year-old has outlined his desire to exit the south-coast club, prompting Pellegrino to banish him from the first-team
setup.
'The boy said that he is not available to play because he wants to leave,' Pellegrino told the Daily Echo. 'This is the decision.
'I had to say 'if you don’t want to be involved because you don’t feel OK then you have to train alone until this period of time happens'
'My relationship with Virgil is excellent. I was clear with the boy, and I was talking from the first day with him.
'The club was clear. The club told me they will not sell Virgil.
'Now he is not involved with the team because psychologically he is not 100 per cent. If you are not 100 per cent with the team I need to work with the players who are 1000 per cent to defend Southampton. It’s easy for me.'
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That part in bold is the new manager telling Soton...get me my 70 million so I can bring in my own players.