The travails of the season have got me playing fantasy football with the Arsenal squad. Based upon the cull of players I wrote about in my last article, the money available has made me dream of what to do with it. So here goes:

In my view we need to sign an experienced and quality goalkeeper. Wenger is on record as saying he believes that Sczeszny is the future number one. Fine. So go and get a top class man to help him over the next few years so that he can become number one. I firmly believe that Gianluigi Buffon is buyable this summer – we should be the ones spending the money on him.

We clearly need some centre-backs – though I see Arsene thinks he will need one only if Gallas leaves! My God. In my view I would like to see a couple of centre-halves brought in to go along with Vermaelen, Djourou and Campbell. Those I would like to see are Matthew Upson and Phil Jones – experience and youth.

In midfield there is, to me, an obvious need to bring in a ball winner – how many actual tackles do you see an Arsenal midfielder make? I am more than happy with Song sitting in front of the defence, but I would like to see a “minder” for Fabregas alongside him, and Scott Parker is the man for me. I would also go and get Connor Wickham from Ipswich as a real prospect.

Finally we have the striker situation. Surely Eduardo and Vela have reached the end of the road? So, we need to bring in support for Van Persie, and better players than Bendtner (though I am a fan of the big Dane). It seems certain that Chamakh will arrive from Bordeaux, but I would also like to see Huntelaar brought in. I firmly believe he would succeed in English football, with Van Persie and Fabregas supplying the ball to him. Finally, I would bring in someone with whom we are all familiar – I would bring back Thierry Henry. Not the player he was, I hear you groan – of course he isn’t, but he has a presence, he is an all time great and he is a winner.

So, if my wish lists were fulfilled we would have a squad comprising 29 players, with a mixture of pure youth and great experience. We would, in Campbell, Upson and Henry have people in the squad who know what it means to win the title with Arsenal. I rather like the idea of turning up on the first day of next season to see this line-up:

Buffon - Eboue, Upson, Vermaelen, Gibbs – Song, Parker, Fabregas – Van Persie, Huntelaar, Chamakh

Subs: Sczeszny, Jones, Wickham, Wilshere, Henry, Bendtner, Walcott

It isn’t going to happen – or anything like that. But the fact is that we have been successful in seasons where major signings have been made and things have been freshened up. Four or five new players makes everyone think about their place.