Senderos: Why I had to quit Arsenal

Philippe Senderos claims he quit the Emirates because he couldn't spend any longer in the wilderness.

The centre-half could make his Everton debut tonight against Sunderland at Goodison after joining on loan for the rest of the season and says it is great to be wanted again.

Senderos' career has been on hold since Arsene Wenger told him to find a new club in the summer and the Swiss international, who is out of contract in the summer, is anxious to make up for lost time.

"I couldn't go on," he said. "I needed to move. You're not going to be happy when you want to play football week in week out and you're not.

"I just think the end of the road was in the summer. I could have gone then, but it didn't happen. The last few months I've worked myself really hard to try to stay fit and concentrate on my goal, which is to play football for a team that wants me.

"I tried to look at it as a test and I hope it made me stronger. Hopefully I can prove that here.

"I didn't get many chances in the first few months of the season so hopefully I can start my season now I'm here."

Senderos has also moved to save his World Cup dream and he was in danger of missing out on this summer's finals.

"Hopefully I can play enough games to be involved with Switzerland," he said. "They said to me if you don't play it will be difficult to pick you.

"I knew that situation in the summer. I knew I needed to go somewhere where I will get my opportunity. It didn't happen in the summer, but it's happened now, and I hope I can show Everton what I can do."