Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes the January transfer window must be scrapped as it leads unsettled players to focus on their next move rather than playing for their clubs.
Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez and Liverpool playmaker Philippe Coutinho were among several players who failed to secure their desired transfers in the close-season window that ended on Aug. 31 and could try again in January.
Wenger believes that want-away players and fringe squad members will not be fully committed to their clubs as they try to negotiate their next transfers.
'The players who do not play or the players who are tapped up in October they already start again to think: 'Where do I go in January?