The La Liga giants take on Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the last four of the competition and, while he acknowledges the formidable task of defeating the newly crowned Bundesliga champions, the former Arsenal captain is keen for an El Clasico showdown in May.

"I want a Real Madrid-Barcelona final. It would be a very important game in the history of football," Fabregas told radio station RAC1.

"However, first we must think of the semi-final against Bayern. This will be extremely tough, a huge game."

Fabregas spoke about the impact of the returns of Tito Vilanova and Eric Abidal to the Barca camp, revealing how the duo's respective battles against cancer have been inspirations to the squad.

"Tito and Abidal have given us a lot of inner strength to continue to fight until the final," he said.