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Liverpool No1 Reina: The future of Barcelona is ... Cesc Fabregas!

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina was the instigator in the Barcelona prank pulled on Cesc Fabregas last night.

Fabregas was the subject of an embarrassing prank on Monday night as Spain celebrated their World Cup success, when he was forced to don a Barcelona shirt in front of 200,000 fans.

The Daily Mail says with Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina acting as an unofficial master of ceremonies at the party in Madrid, Barca target Fabregas was ambushed by Barcelona defenders Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique.

Reina shouted: "The future of Barcelona" as his Spain team-mates pulled the famous blue-and-red striped shirt over an embarrassed Fabregas.

The Arsenal skipper, who had earlier dedicated Spain's 1-0 victory over Holland to his current club, quickly whipped off the jersey.

But with his Arsenal future in serious doubt and new Barca president Sandro Rosell eager to bring Fabregas to the Nou Camp, the horseplay is unlikely to have gone down well in north London.

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