Keith Scott believes Wanderers manager Gareth Ainsworth needs to make signing a new striker his number one priority in this summer’s transfer window.

The former Blues front man is a regular at the club’s matches in his role as summariser for BBC Three Counties radio and felt for his old team as they came up just short in the League Two play-off final.

With the dust now having settled on their Wembley defeat, Wycombe will be looking to bolster a squad which contains just 13 contracted players after they said goodbye to four loanees and released four more when their contracts expired.

Two of those loan players – Alfie Mawson and Fred Onyedinma – accounted for 15 goals and replacing those is where Ainsworth’s biggest dilemma lies, according to Scott.

He said: “They scored 67 goals last year and 15 of them were from the back four. The only one in the back four who didn’t score was Sido Jombati, so the back four have scored near enough 25 per cent of Wycombe’s goals last season.

“If you look at it, Mawson’s going to go back to his parent club and he got seven on those goals. I think Paul Hayes did exceptionally well to come back with a return of 15 goals, bearing in mind what he gives to the team as well.

“Beyond him, no other strikers did anything, in terms of goals, of any note, so I think they need another striker, someone who can get another 10-15 goals a season to take the pressure off Hayes.”

The 47-year-old, who played 106 times for Wanderers across three spells, also believes expectations will have soared among the club’s fan base following their exploits in the 2014/15 campaign.

The Chairboys had been written off when the season began in August but were ever presents in the top seven as they mounted a sustained charge for automatic promotion before narrowly missing out.

“It was a really, really good season for them but I would think there will be an element of sadness and disappointment at the fact that they didn’t manage to get promotion,” said Scott.

“This season, as Gareth spoke about on more than one occasion, the remit was to get 55 points. That’s what was set out to him by the chairman of the football club and they obviously surpassed that.

“Next year the conundrum is that there will be an expectation level to either go one better or to at least emulate what they’ve achieved this year.”

While Ainsworth readies himself for another season in League Two, Scott is finalising preparations for a challenge of his own – a 146 mile bike ride from London to Amsterdam.

The former Blue is undertaking the cycle in aid of Prostate Cancer UK and he has already surpassed his fundraising target of £1,000.

Losing his father to cancer in 2011 inspired Scott to get on his bike and he has been left delighted by the support which he has received ahead of the ride, which takes place on 12-13 June.

He said: “To try and raise £1,000 for anything is difficult, and the supporters of Wycombe Wanderers and everyone connected with the club have been top class.

“When we went to the play-off final I saw two or three supporters and one of the guys who donated is just recovering from prostate cancer, so it was really nice to see him.

“Somebody else who sponsored me is in remission from breast cancer as well, so the support I’ve had has been overwhelming.”

Scott started his training in mid March and has so far encountered only a couple of problems since hopping into the saddle – one of which has proved a painful one.

“I’m doing plenty of cycling, lots of spinning classes down at the Lido gym which are really good and for the last four weeks I’ve been doing 25-30 miles bike rides on the weekends,” said the former Wycombe striker.

“The training’s going really well but there are two things that I’ve found out: I didn’t realise there were so many hills in Buckinghamshire and, even with padded shorts, your derrière takes a battering.”

If you wish to sponsor Scott on his quest to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK you can visit his Just Giving page at: https://www.justgiving.com/Keith-scott9667/