Emiliano Viviano, whose signing has gone unnoticed because of all the talk regarding the Mesut Ozil deal, will be looking to work hard to dethrone Wojciech Szczesny as Arsenal FC's number one goalkeeper.

"I've seen Szczesny play a lot and he is a great goalkeeper. I will work hard with them (Szczesny and Lukasz Fabianski) both to compete, and consider it a good thing that we have other goalkeepers of such quality here. It is a positive fight," Viviano told the club's official Web site.

The towering Italian, who stands at 6'5", was unlucky because of an injury ridden stint at Inter Milan where he was being considered to be the next number 1 keeper.

"I was injured in the summer of 2011 when I played at Inter," he recalled.

"I was out for six months. It was a difficult time but now I am here, I am ready and I am happy to start a new adventure in London."

Viviano was able to bounce back with his spell at Palermo and Fiorentina, where he was able to feature 32 times during the 2012/13 campaign.

"We had a good season at Fiorentina," he said.

"It was like playing for a Spanish team in an Italian league. We lost a place in the Champions League right at the end, which was unfortunate, but we did well overall. It was my dream to play there and I was proud to do that for a year. But I'm not there now - I'm at Arsenal and have a lot of motivation to do well here."

He expressed that he will focus more on the things that he will be able to do on the pitch rather than worry about the opposition.

"My position here won't be much different - it is the quality of the forward that might vary," said Viviano.

"It's difficult to talk about my style - I'm just here to work, do my best and make the fans happy - but I guess if you are tall and strong you can make the opponents afraid. Hopefully they'll run far away from me!"

When asked to make his own prediction about the Gunners' campaign in this year's Premier Leauge, Emiliano shared a conservative thought.

"It is too early to make predictions about this season," he emphasised.

"Every year the Premier League is difficult. There are a lot of good teams - Liverpool, City, United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal - so it is very tough. Arsenal has a certain philosophy and every year the younger and older players always play good football together. I hope we do that again this season and that we can go a long way together."

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