Xavi: I would love Fabregas to come to Barca

Barcelona midfielder Xavi has told Cesc Fabregas he would love to see him back at the Nou Camp and has no doubt the Arsenal man would be a star with the Catalan giants.

Fabregas has long been linked with a return to Barca, the club where he learned his trade as a youngster before moving to the Gunners seven years ago and they are still hopeful of signing him this summer despite having a €35m offer for the Spain international rejected this week.

The 23-year-old is under contract to Arsenal until 2015 but last month reiterated his desire to head back to Barca and Xavi knows the club’s blood runs through his international team-mate’s veins.

“I would love him to come,” he told Barca TV. “I have already told him so.

“He’s a footballer made up of Barca DNA.

“I don’t have any doubt that Cesc would triumph at Barca.”