6 transfers we'd like to see in January: Sancho back to Dortmund, Toney to Arsenal

Despite the understandable reluctance of clubs to let their most prized assets depart midway through the season, the January transfer window has produced some mega deals in recent years.

The window's ten most expensive moves have all occurred since 2017, while the likes of Enzo Fernandez and Philippe Coutinho have each departed Benfica and Liverpool respectively for fees in excess of £100m.

The winter window certainly has its naysayers, but it's nonetheless a critical time for many clubs ahead of the second-half slog.

With the festive period imminent, the 2024 January transfer window is just around the corner. We've approached that time of year when rumour mills start to work overtime and Fabrizio Romano reaches TIME Magazine's Person of the Year level of importance.

So, with the window upcoming, here are six transfers would love to see in January.

It's fair to say that Sancho's stock has fallen akin to Goldman Sachs' in 2008 at Manchester United. The once precocious Englishman has failed to find any sort of groove at the Theatre of Dreams, scoring just 12 goals in 82 games for the club.

He's since been ostracised by Erik ten Hag, and it appears as if he has no future in Manchester.

Once such an exciting and refreshing talent who tore up overseas lands, the footballing world deserves a firing Sancho once more. A return to the Bundesliga has been touted as an option, with former club Borussia Dortmund among those who could give Sancho the care and attention needed to get his career back on track. Bayer Leverkusen, Stuttgart or RB Leipzig would intrigue, but they lack the fairytale element of a Dortmund reunion.

Sancho notched 117 goal contributions in 137 games at BVB before his nightmare in Manchester began, highlighting just