Virgil van Dijk has handed in a transfer request to leave Southampton.

Last month, van Dijk's move to Liverpool was canceled due to an alleged illegal approach.

Mauricio Pellegrino has since revealed Van Dijk had been training alone and was not in the right frame of mind to play for Southampton.

A statement from Van Dijk read: “It is with regret I can confirm I have today handed in a transfer request to leave Southampton. I feel I have no alternative after I was given notice of the club’s intention to impose a disciplinary sanction against me of a fine equivalent to two weeks’ wages. I will be appealing what I feel to be an unjustified sanction and their inability to follow the correct disciplinary protocol in due course.

“Over the past six months I have held numerous discussions with representatives of the board, the former manager Claude Puel as well as the new manager Mauricio Pellegrino to inform them all of my desire to leave in search of a new challenge."