• Joan Laporta sure club will eventually accept bid for player
• Rejected offer in region of £29m prior to World Cup
Joan Laporta, the outgoing Barcelona president, is confident Arsenal will eventually "give in" and allow Cesc Fábregas to move back to the Camp Nou.
Barcelona have had an initial bid – thought to be in the region of £29m – rejected by Arsenal for the Spain midfielder, but Laporta believes the London club will not be able to keep hold of their captain, who began his career at Barcelona's youth academy.
"Arsenal will end up giving in, but I don't know when that will be," said Laporta. "We will have to wait and let the professionals who are taking care of it do their work."
Laporta will leave his office at the end of the month and be replaced by the club's president-elect, Sandro Rosell.
"If it's not us, it will be up to the new board, if they consider it appropriate, to carry on along this road," Laporta added.
Barcelona have already signed the Spain striker David Villa from Valencia this summer and have been linked with a move for his international team-mate Fernando Torres. That means Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thierry Henry could be set for summer exits from the Spanish league champions.
"The market is very changeable and is moving at the moment, so we have to be careful in that sense," said Laporta, who said Henry's future will be decided "when the World Cup finishes for France". The forward has been heavily linked with a move to Major League Soccer in the US.
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