Over the past few years, it has been Barcelona who have raided Arsenal time and again, cherry picking the team's best players, and leaving the London team's fans devastated.

However, if reports coming out from Spain are to be believed, the roles could be reversed in the summer, with the Gunners opening talks with Barcelona over the twin signing of David Villa and Victor Valdes.

Villa to Arsenal was one of the biggest stories in the January transfer window, which never materialized, with Barca unwilling to sell their players in the winter window.

However, there was always a feeling that Arsene Wenger might go for the Spanish international in the summer, even if at 31, he might not exactly be a typical Wenger signing.

Villa will only have a year left on his contract at the Camp Nou, making a transfer fee much more acceptable.

Valdes has made his intentions not to sign a new contract at Barca clear, and with his current deal also set to expire in 2014, the Spanish giants are likely to sell their goalkeeper in the summer.

Wojciech Szczesny just hasn't been convincing enough over the course of the season, making too many crucial errors, which has cost Arsenal dearly.

Wenger is in the market for a goalkeeper at the end of the season, and Valdes will fit the bill quite nicely; Valdes could be a good mentor to the young Polish goalkeeper before he comes into his own in a couple of years.

Arsenal are so interested that they are willing to shell out a combined fee of £22 million ($33.5 million) for the pair, according to Spanish newspaper El Economista.

The Gunners are in dire need of some experience and more importantly winners. If Wenger can bring in these two, who have pretty much won every single trophy there is to win the game, then the knock on effect it will have on the younger players, who sometimes freeze in the big stages, could be enormous.

Wenger has reportedly been given a £70 million ($108 million) transfer budget for the summer, so even if he is forced to pay around £25 million ($38 million) for Villa and Valdes, it still leaves £45 million ($68 million) for Wenger to bring in another couple of marquee signings, and that is without counting the money that can be generated by selling some of the deadwood at Arsenal.