Borussia Dortmund exercise option to sign Paco Alcacer permanently from Barcelona for £24.5million Borussia Dortmund have exercised option to sign Paco Alcacer permanently The free-scoring striker joins from Barcelona for a total fee of £24.5million Alcacer has scored 12 goals for Dortmund since joining the club on loan By Richard Martin, Reuters Published: 18:02 GMT, 1 February 2019 | Updated: 18:03 GMT, 1 February 2019 Viewcomments Borussia Dortmund have 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. Borussia Dortmund have signed striker Paco Alcacer from Barcelona in a permanent deal 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 has scored 12 goals in the Bundesliga since joining Borussia Dortmund on loan 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. Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility