According to SportsMail, Borussia Dortmund have taken up the option to sign Barcelona loanee Paco Alcacer permanently.
Dortmund exercised their option to sign on-loan striker Paco Alcacer permanently from Barcelona for a fee totaling £24.5million (€28million), the La Liga leaders said in a statement on Friday.
The Spain forward, aged 25, has scored 12 goals for the Bundesliga leaders since leaving Barca on a loan deal last August. He is the joint second most prolific striker in the German top flight despite only starting five games, routinely netting after coming off the bench.
A statement from Barca said Dortmund would pay them 23 million euros plus a further 5 million in variable payments, and that the Catalans would receive 5 per cent of the transfer fee should Dortmund sell the player in the future. ‘The club would like to publicly express its gratitude to Paco Alcacer for his commitment and dedication and wish him luck and success in the future,’ added the statement.
Alcacer mustered 15 goals in 50 appearances during his time at Barcelona. Prior to that, Alcacer, who has 15 caps for Spain, was with Valencia.
Meanwhile, The Catalan club have confirmed that Netherlands international Jasper Cillessen suffered a calf injury during training and will be out of action until March. Cillessen has not featured in La Liga this season but has been deputising for Marc-Andre ter Stegen in the Copa del Rey. The Netherlands international has made six appearances in the competition and saved a penalty in Wednesday’s 6-1 win against Sevilla.
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