Arsene Wenger believes his new-look Arsenal side will be less predictable next season - and far more powerful.
The Gunners boss - who has just signed £11million defender Thomas Vermaelen - has revealed he will tie up the rest of his transfer business before pre-season training starts so all his squad are fit and ready for the new season.
Felipe Melo of Fiorentina and Udinese's Gokhan Inler are just two of the stars being lined up to add steel to the Emirates midfield while in attack Wenger has an embarrassment of riches.
The Frenchman says that the side that struggled to finish fourth last term will be far more difficult to figure out. And Wenger even hinted at a far more attacking role for speedy Theo Walcott, who stunned Spain last week in the European Under-21 Championship.
Wenger said: "Next season we will play the formation and system that most suits the players and the balance of the team.
"That means it's not rigid. It can evolve throughout the season, depending on circumstances and personnel.
"If you play with Theo Walcott for example, you are more tempted to go for three midfielders because Theo is more of a forward than a midfielder in a 4-4-2."
While Cesc Fabregas has been making overtures to Barcelona then denying them, Wenger remains confident he can keep hold of all the players he wants.
He added: "We lost Hleb and Flamini last summer and we have had to rebuild. But we have done that now and the future looks bright. We don't want to have to rebuild again so I want to keep all the players together for next season. I don't want to lose anyone.
"I want to add to the squad and I have identified one or two targets. But identifying players and buying them are two different things.
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"Ideally I would like to bring everybody in before we start back in pre-season training in July. I don't want to leave it until the end of August."
Manchester City are spending a fortune on top players in their bid to break into the top four.
And Tottenham are also prepared to pay big bucks to land some of the quality players being jettisoned by Real Madrid.
But Wenger has called on Arsenal fans to keep faith in his methods.
He went on: "We are at a stage where we need to convince people that this team does a lot of things right. It does not need to be transformed. When you go on a long unbeaten run in the Premier League and reach two semi-finals, common sense should tell you that.
"We have to take encouragement from what we have done in the season just gone.
"I am fed-up with people who think I have £100million in the bank yet don't want to spend it. How can people think that? "The pride of the club is in having moved to a new stadium while maintaining the club at the top level.
"The policy of the club is that they have backed me in what I do and the way I do it.
"We now have to be strong enough to stick to that. We cannot pump £100m into it, so we must keep faith in what we are doing."
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