Virgil van Dijk says he would consider leaving Celtic if the right offer were to come along.

The Dutch centre-back is a target for Southampton and has been tipped to join the Saints in an £11million deal now that the Hoops are out of the Champions League.

Following Tuesday night's disappointing 2-0 loss to Swedish club Malmo, which saw Celtic unsuccessful in their pursuit to progress to the group stage proper of Europe's premier club competition, van Dijk indicated he would be ready to leave Parkhead provided the Glasgow club received a suitable offer for his services.

"I don't know, it is so close after the game," he told Sky Sports News HQ after the play-off second leg defeat in Sweden which saw Celtic miss out 4-3 on aggregate.

"I can't give my opinion on that right now. I'm very disappointed and it's a terrible way if it ends like this. I don't know what is going to happen.

"I'm not looking for anything. It's a great place to be and they (Celtic) gave me a great opportunity to show myself so I'm very thankful for that.

"But if the opportunity comes and it's the right opportunity for me then I'll consider it, yeah, but that's what every player, I think, would do.

"It's still difficult. Celtic is an amazing club and I am very thankful for what they did for me. We'll see what is going to happen."