Jack Wilshere: If Arsenal sign Wayne Rooney then teams would fear us
Jack Wilshere believes that if Arsenal were to sign his England team-mate Wayne Rooney from Manchester United it would be a virtual guarantee of winning something.
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If it [signing Rooney] happens, it would be amazing," Wilshere said. "
He is the type of player who can win you trophies – and
just to see his name on the team sheet brings fear to the opposition. We could do with a little more of that."
Arsenal, with £75m available to spend this summer, are also interested in signing Real Madrid's £25m-rated forward Gonzalo Higuaín and the Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini who would, like Rooney, both command significant transfer fees and wages.
Wilshere, 21, believes the calibre of players now likely to be brought in by Arsenal shows they mean business on the pitch.
"You look at the type of players like Higuaín we are trying to bring in and you have got to be encouraged,"
Wilshere told espnfc.com.
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I think we need a few more, not to step right into the team, but to add to the squad.
We need our squad to be as deep as United's and [Manchester] City's. They can change their back four completely and still win. There is no way United would have won the Premier League trophy with 18 players."
"It is no secret we need to win a trophy. How long has it been now, seven or eight years? The players feel the pressure and we have gotten close a few times like with the Carling Cup a couple of years ago. I think once we win one, others will follow."
Arsenal have already allowed Andrey Arshavin to return Zenit St Petersburg after his contract expired, and the Brazilian midfielder Denílson and the French centre-back Sébastien Squillaci are also out of contract and will depart.
More funds will be freed up by the departure of other fringe players such as the Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner, the Swiss defender Johan Djourou and the Morocco forward Marouane Chamakh.
