Dream Arsenal XI for 2026/27 season has £250million front line that can start dynasty

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Mikel Arteta will need to splash a further £250million this summer to field Darren Bent’s Arsenal dream XI.The Premier League champions kick off their title defence next Friday against Coventry – live on talkSPORT.Arsenal are expected to mount another huge title challenge this seasonGettyThe Gunners are the bookies’ favourites to lift the title next May with further summer additions likely to strengthen their grip on the trophy.Arteta has been active in this summer’s transfer market with the acquisition of three new faces.Former Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes, winger Christos Tzolis and back-up goalkeeper Illan Meslier have all landed at the Emirates this summer while Piero Hincapie made his loan move from Bayer Leverkusen permanent.Arsenal have splashed a whopping £143.5m so far but there will need to be further outlay if Arsenal are to boast a team capable of dominating the Premier League for the foreseeable future.Discussing his dream XI, former Premier League striker Bent believes new faces in midfield and attack will help push Arteta’s side onto a new level.From last season’s title-winning XI, Bent has inserted three new additions – with two yet to be signed – that he believes could kick off a Premier League dynasty,Bent’s dream line-up“David Raya in goal. He’s the best goalkeeper in the Premier League,” Bent said.“Jurrien Timber right-back. [William] Saliba, Gabriel and [Riccardo] Calafiori left-back.“Now this is where I’ve got the problem. My midfield three are [Declan] Rice, Bruno Guimaraes and [Martin] Odegaard… but I really like [Eberechi] Eze.“So it’s a bit of a flip of a coin between Odegaard and Eze.”Bruno Guimaraes will add further steel to an already robust Arsenal midfieldGettyBent gave a notable mention to academy graduate Myles Lewis-Skelly who was given the nod in midfield in the Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in May.The versatile 19-year-old has been linked with a move away from the club with competition for places both at full-back and in midfield as fierce as it’s ever been at the club.“I really wanted to put Myles Lewis-Skelly in there but for me to do that I’m going to have to leave out either Rice or Guimaraes and I’m not doing that,” he said.“I don’t want Lewis-Skelly to leave. I love him, I think he’s a top player.“He came into Arsenal’s team last season when we needed that lift and when [Martin] Zubimendi was running on fumes.Bent believes three major changes to the starting XI will see Arsenal dominatetalkSPORT“He came in and he was outstanding.”Back to the line-up now and Bent ramped up his dream three-pronged attack by omitting £63.5m signing Viktor Gyokeres, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli, with Bukayo Saka surviving the cull.“On the right, Saka. On the left is [Bradley] Barcola.“Down the middle, Julian Alvarez. He is top by the way. He’s proper, he’s so intelligent as a footballer.”Back in for Brad?Arsenal have a longstanding interest in PSG winger Barcola who has informed the French giants that he will not be signing a new contract at the Parc des Princes.Liverpool have been the frontrunners for Barcola’s signature and while talks between the two clubs have been ongoing, both parties remain some way apart in their valuations of the player.Could Arsenal hijack Liverpool’s move for PSG’s wantaway winger Bradley BarcolaGettyAlvarez’s future at Atletico Madrid is unclear and Bent would love to see him lead Arsenal’s attack next seasonGettyArsenal’s failure to land Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior this summer could see them return to the table for Barcola as they push to strengthen the left side of their attack following Leandro Trossard’s departure.And that will be music to PSG’s ears as they look to invoke a bidding war between two Premier League heavyweights for the player that has just two years remaining on his deal.Meanwhile, Alvarez finds himself in limbo as he angles for a move away from Atletico Madrid.The Argentine has made clear his desire to sign for Barcelona but the Catalan club’s advances have so far been laughed off.Atletico want to keep the player with the worst-case scenario being a sale to a foreign club rather than strengthening a direct rival.Darren Bent’s dream Arsenal XI could dominate English football for years to comeBut the 26-year-old reportedly has no interest in a return to the Premier League and prefers to continue his La Liga adventure with a blockbuster end to the transfer window expected on his record.Arsenal are expected to continue to monitor the situations of Barcola and Alvarez – two players who are both expected to swap clubs this summer.