Mart Poom who switched over from the Gunners to Watford earlier this month for an undisclosed fee, has explained his decision saying that the switch will now enable him to play in the first team squad on regular basis and this will help him to strengthen his chances of booking his place in the Estonia squad.

"I had one year left on my Arsenal contract," Poom told BBC Sport.

"But I was effectively third-choice goalkeeper and I was wasn't getting enough playing time. I still have ambitions to play regularly."

Poom came to the Gunners from Sunderland during the August of 2006 on a loan basis but then became permanent player from January 2006.

The 35-year old will now be replacing Ben Foster under the horizontal bar who had come on loan from Manchester United.

Poom has made just two first team appearances for the Gunners with his Premiership debut match for the club being the very last game of the season at Portsmouth.

Poom said: "It's strange because I've played more international games for Estonia than I have for Arsenal.

"I haven't played regularly for a club for three seasons, because in my last year at Sunderland I had injury problems after having three operations.

"I want to test myself and I want to play for as long as possible. I haven't set a date on when I'm going to stop playing.
"I've missed a lot of football over the last few years due to injury and I'm still hungry to play and to improve as a goalkeeper."

Even though he featured just twice for Arsenal Poom said that he does not regret the move he made during the August of 2005 from Sunderland.

"I'm still proud to be the first Estonian to have been part of such a big club.

"I want to thank Arsene Wenger for taking a chance on me after the injury problems I had at Sunderland.

"I really enjoyed myself, apart from obviously not playing more games."