Viera upset at Gunners move

Sebastian Viera has vowed to prove to Arsenal there are no doubts over his fitness.

Arsenal pulled the plug on a move for the Nacional custodian after he failed a stringent medical.

The Gunners were not willing to gamble on Viera's fitness and the goalkeeper admitted it was a major blow to see the move fall through.

"There have been many long days, very nervous and frustrating," said Viera.

"In the beginning everything was happiness but then came the dark days. A football player's life goes in that way.

"This year had been until now very good, even my career until now had been very good but this has been my first negative experience.

"I have to walk on, be strong and show to everyone that I am okay for playing football.

"I still remember the day in which my agent Daniel Fonseca phoned me and told me to travel to Europe.

"When I arrived there I knew it was Arsenal the team that were interested in me and I thought that it was incredible, it couldn't be true.

"Once in London the coach of Arsenal came and had a meeting with me.

"He was a real gentleman, he treated me in the best way and he even gave me a big support saying that he trusted me a lot because he wasn't very satisfied with his goalkeepers.

"The next day was terrible because I had that exhausting medical exam. It started at 8am and finished at 5pm and even with that negative result.

"I never had any problem, never felt pain so it was a real bad surprise for me. I had never done a radiography of my body in my life.

"The English doctors said that something bad could happen to me and I couldn't believe it.

"I was about to be transferred to Arsenal and in a few days I was going to play against Chelsea but I had to see how everything failed.

"Then I didn't worry so much about the football fact, I started to worry more about my personal situation and that's why I went to see other European doctors.

"I got a little bit more relaxed when several of them, very good doctors all of them, said the same thing of that of the doctor of Nacional, that I can play football without any problem.

"Now I have to think of the future and walk on. If my agent arranges for me a transfer to another European team, good, otherwise I will keep on playing at Nacional and the national team.

"I am very proud of being part of those two teams and Arsenal for the moment will only be an anecdote."