Goalkeeper: Samir Handanovic replaces Wojciech Szczesny between the sticks following the arrival of the Slovenian shotstopper from Italian club Udinese.

Defence: With the Arsenal back four beset by injuries of late, Wenger brings in burly Belgian Jan Vertonghen from Ajax, Portuguese veteran Ricardo Carvalho from Real Madrid and a couple of English oaks in Gary Cahill from Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City's Wayne Bridge(sic!).

Midfield: Jack Wilshere's long-term injury and Aaron Ramsey's patchy form forces Wenger to buy big in Lille genius Eden Hazard and 19-year-old Borussia Dortmund wunderkind Mario Gotze. French veteran Yoann Gourcuff adds some experience with his arrival from Lyon and former Rennes man Yann M'Vila completes the magical midfield line-up

Attackers: With Robin van Persie the one man to keep his place in Arsene Wenger's new look side, the Dutchman – who will not be leaving for Real Madrid, needless to say - finds himself operating alongside Brazilian marksman Leandro Damiao, fresh off the boat from Internacional, alternating with the former Cologne hitman Lukas Podolski.

Substitutes: Warming the bench with their backsides are the ex-Barcelona teenage striker Gerard Deulofeu and a pair of playmakers in Patrick Herrmann, late of Borussia Monchengladbach, and former Fiorentina star Riccardo Montolivo. Alex Song, Vermeilen.

The 12 points gap will be closed pap!

Wapi Mariga

Yoann Goucouff will join Arsenal in January. We shall offload Arshavin to Zenit and Chamakh back to Ligue 1
Frimpong and Coquelin will proceed on Loan to gain first team experience.

someone needs a bucket full of cold water splashed on them pronto. need to wake them up from their sleep and dreams

Yes it could be wishes but some of the names mentioned here will actually be the red and white outfit in the summer! You could add the name of Henry on the bench.