The two sides met in the 2006 final in Paris, with Barcelona coming from a goal behind to snatch the trophy with a 2-1 win.
A former Barça trainee, Fabregas is desperate to exact revenge on the Catalans and get one over on former team mate Thierry Henry.
Confidence
"We'd like to avoid them at this stage and save them for the final after what happened in Paris two seasons ago," said the Spaniard, who starred at San Siro as the Gunners beat holders Milan 2-0. "But if we do draw them then we know we will have a big extra incentive to beat them and we believe we could do it."
All-England Quarter?
Liverpool take on Inter Milan tonight in the final game of the last 16. There is no rule prohibiting teams from the same country from facing each other at this stage, so with Chelsea and Manchester United also in the hat the Gunners have a realistic chance of being involved in an all-England tie in the next round. Last time this happened they lost to Chelsea.
