Guess who is back with the Southampton first-team again.

After being told to train away from his team-mates by manager Mauricio Pellegrini, following weeks of speculation surrounding his future, Virgil van Dijk is now back in contention and could make a shock return against Watford on Saturday.

The Dutch star has been forced to miss the start of the season after Pellegrini felt his star defender was not 100% mentally right to join the first-team squad.

Liverpool and Chelsea were strongly linked with a move for the Dutch star who handed in a transfer request at the start of August and was expected to make a big money move before the end of the transfer window.

Virgil van Dijk battles for the ball with Charlie Austin and Jeremy Pied (
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Southampton FC)

But the 26-year-old has remained with the south coast club and is now hoping to get his career back on track.

Van Dijk can be seen pictured alongside Charlie Austin and Jeremy Pied during a training session at their Staplewood Complex.

Southampton fans would love to see Van Dijk regain the form which saw him become of their star players last season and will hope he can put aside the speculation that dominated the headlines over the summer.