5 Premier League players who should have switched clubs in the January window

#3 Anthony Martial (Manchester United)

The Frenchman has been in scintillating form for the Red Devils

Perhaps a controversial choice, Martial must have been the only one at Manchester United not particularly happy with Alexis Sanchez arriving during the transfer window.

The two both operate in the same position, from the left flank, and it's unthinkable that Mourinho will not play his new star signing any week he's fit.

This fact must be frustrating to Martial because the Frenchman has been in stunning form when given the chance this season: he's scored 9 goals from 23 appearances.

He struggled for game time under his manager last season also but whenever he played, he dazzled on the left wing.

There are few players better at dribbling in the whole of European football than Martial right now.

Whatever problems the player may have off the pitch with Mourinho, the fact remains that Martial is simply too excellent a footballer to be left on the substitutes bench for most games.

Which is all to say that perhaps a player of such extraordinary ability should have taken stock of the direction his team were going in and moved on.

Martial will be aiming to make France's World Cup squad and the French are extremely well-stocked in the attacking positions, almost unfairly so; if he's not regularly appearing for Manchester United, Martial has no chance of making it.

The suspicion is that a queue would have formed around Europe if he had made it clear that he wanted to leave Old Trafford but it wasn't to be.