Barcelona shirt forced on Fabregas

Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique forced Cesc Fabregas to briefly wear a Barcelona shirt during Spain's World Cup victory celebrations in Madrid.

The Barcelona defenders grabbed the Arsenal midfielder, who is eager to move to the Nou Camp, and managed to pull the shirt over his head as the team stood on stage in front of a huge gathering of supporters.

Barcelona are also keen to sign the 23-year-old, who came up through the youth ranks at the Catalan giants before moving to Arsenal as a youngster, and had a big-money offer turned down by Arsenal before the World Cup began.

Fabregas nevertheless seemed reluctant to let his Spain team-mates dress him in the famous blue and red shirt during the prank, no doubt aware how it could be interpreted.

Spain were received as national heroes as approximately a million fans came out to welcome home Vicente Del Bosque's team, following their 1-0 win over Holland in the Johannesburg final.

They met King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and took an open-top bus ride through the streets of the Spanish capital.