5 players you didn't realise moved in January

Moussa Dembele, Tottenham to Guangzhou R&F, $14 million

Dele Alli was one of several Spurs players who believed Dembele to be the best at the club

Tottenham's injury concerns this season have been highly publicised. Midfield is where they have been felt most keenly, with Eric Dier and Victor Wanyama both spending long blocks of the season so far on the treatment table. Harry Winks and Moussa Sissoko have been Pochettino's go to men in midfield, with 18-year-old Oliver Skipp in reserve in his debut season.

It is strange then, that not much fanfare has been made of the decision to allow Moussa Dembele to move to China, a player who his peers nearly unanimously regarded as the finest at the club.

Dembele has been a staple of Pochettino's Spurs teams prior to this season, but was clearly unsettled in the summer. It seems likely that the notoriously business savvy Daniel Levy wanted to cash in on a player the wrong side of 30, who seemed unwilling to sign any kind of new deal.

In the short term though, Dembele's absence will undoubtedly be felt, and he is sure to have a huge impact in the Chinese Super League, where he joins Eran Zahavi, Guangzhou's prolific striker.