Petr Cech has admitted to holding conversations with Tomas Rosicky prior to his move to Arsenal.

The 33-year old goalkeeper completed his transfer from Chelsea on Monday and revealed that he did speak with Gunners midfielder and Czech Republic teammate Rosicky about the North London club prior to his shift.

"Yes, we have spoken," he told Arsenal Player.

"Obviously we had time together with the national team but at the time I did not know what would happen.

"But he seems happy always and he loves playing for Arsenal. He was excited about the idea that this could happen. "He told me a lot of good things and he was one of the reasons why I decided to give it a go and meet with Arsenal. Then the discussions went on and here we are today!

"I am really happy it happened that way."