MAURICIO Pellegrino has revealed the 28-man squad he's taking to Austria for this week's pre-season training camp - and, yes, it includes Virgil van Dijk.
The Saints boss takes his players away today for the first of two trips this summer, with a visit to France booked in for later this month after a friendly at Brentford on July 22.
The Austria camp concludes on Saturday with a friendly against Swiss outfit St Gallen, which will be Pellegrino's first game in charge.
The continuous stream of gossip relating to Van Dijk's future has rumbled on in recent weeks, with new reports in a national newspaper suggesting the Dutchman "wants to push through" a move to Liverpool.
But despite his alleged unrest, the centre-back, who Saints are adamant they'll be keeping at St Mary's this summer, has travelled with the squad.
New signing Jan Bednarek, Cedric Soares, James Ward-Prowse, Nathan Redmond and Jack Stephens are not heading to Austria, having been involved in international tournaments. They will come back to the fold later this month after a break.
Here's the full list of players heading to Austria:
- Charlie Austin
- Ryan Bertrand
- Sofiane Boufal
- Jordy Clasie
- Ollie Cook
- Steven Davis
- Jake Flannigan
- Fraser Forster
- Manolo Gabbiadini
- Sam Gallagher
- Florin Gardos
- Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg
- Tyreke Johnson
- Alfie Jones
- Harry Lewis
- Armani Little
- Shane Long
- Alex McCarthy
- Sam McQueen
- Aaron O’Driscoll
- Jeremy Pied
- Oriol Romeu
- Callum Slattery
- Dusan Tadic
- Stuart Taylor
- Nathan Tella
- Virgil van Dijk
- Maya Yoshida
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