Barcelona are reportedly preparing a bid for signing Cesc Fabregas in the summer.The current Primera Liga frontrunners have tried in vain to sign the Arsenal midfielder in recent years in a bid to bring the 23-year-old back to Spain.

Former Barcelona president Joan Laporta was frustrated at a lack of progress in the deal, as was Rosell in the summer.

Fabregas was part of the youth set-up at Camp Nou but has flourished into one of the world's top players under Arsene Wenger at the Emirates.