Fabregas is hopeful that Hleb and Adebayor will stay at Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners' pair have been linked with a move to Barcelona as Josep Guardiola rebuilds his recently-acquired squad.

Fabregas, who was an important piece in Spain's Euro 2008 campaign, has said that he prefers that Hleb and Adebayor stay with the team and help overhaul Manchester United in the Premier League.

"Hleb and Adebayor? I hope that when I come back from vacations I will find them at Arsenal, because they are two very important players," he said upon his arrival in Barcelona to celebrate the Euro 2008 trophy.

"I hope that will stay with us, but they are big boys already so they can decide on their future."

Hleb arrived from VfB Stuttgart in 2005, while Adebayor joined one year later, coming from AS Monaco. Both have come on in leaps and bounds over the last 12 months, comfortably stepping into the void left by Freddie Ljungberg and Thierry Henry.

Arsene Wenger is determined to keep both of them despite some rather explosive utterances from their agents.