Source: Daily_Mail
Gerard Pique: Cesc Fabregas will leave Arsenal and join Barcelona one day
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique believes his international team-mate Cesc Fabregas will sign for the Catalan club one day.[LNB]Barca chased Arsenal captain Fabregas all summer, but ended up missing out on a deal as the 23-year-old pledged his loyalty to the Gunners - at least in the short term.[LNB]But Pique, who forced a Barca shirt over Fabregas' head in Spain's World Cup celebrations in Madrid last month, believes his close friend will play for Barca sooner or later.[LNB] One for the future: Gerrard Pique (C) is confident Cesc Fabregas will be back playing for Barcelona one day[LNB]'Cesc will one day sign for Barca,' he said.[LNB]Pique missed Barca's 3-1 defeat by Sevilla in the first leg of the Spanish Supercup on Saturday, along with the rest of his side's World Cup winners.[LNB]The eight players had only been back in training for a matter of days and were also obliged to travel out to Mexico for an international friendly match.[LNB]Coach Pep Guardiola saw his squad stretched by that situation, and Barca have been short of numbers at the end of the last two campaigns as well.[LNB]This time around, Barca have signed David Villa from Valencia and utility man Adriano from Sevilla, but Yaya Toure has left the club to join Manchester City.[LNB] All smiles: Pique believes Barca can still pip rivals Real Madrid to silverware despite a lack of summer signings[LNB]That leaves Barca with a small squad once again and more signings do not appear imminent.[LNB]Nevertheless, Pique believes quality is more important than quantity.[LNB]'It is better to have 19 very good players than 24 or 25 with less quality,' he said.[LNB]'That is not a reference to Real Madrid. They have to strengthen more. They have to change more things to try and win, and so it's normal that they should sign more (players) than us.'[LNB] Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger makes move for Sevilla defender Sebastien SquillaciHleb poised for Spurs: Ex-Arsenal hero could leave Barca for life at the LaneArsenal want Ghana star Kwado Asamoah, insists Udinese midfielder's agentARSENAL FC
