The Spain international striker, who moved to Germany on an initial loan over the summer, has agreed a deal with the Bundesliga leaders to 2023 <\/p>\n
Paco Alcacer has joined Borussia Dortmund on a permanent basis from Barcelona, with the Bundesliga side taking up an option in his loan to land him on a deal until 2023.<\/p>\n
The Spain international made his way to Germany over the summer after being deemed surplus to requirements at Camp Nou.<\/p>\n
He had struggled to make his mark in Catalunya, as part of a star-studded squad brimming with attacking talent, but wasted little time finding his feet with Dortmund.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n Alcacer has netted nine times in just eight appearances this season, with that return enough to earn him a long-term contract as part of a \u20ac23 million (\u00a320m\/$26m) transfer package.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have informed FC Barcelona today that we will take up option,\u201d Dortmund\u2019s sporting director, Michael Zorc, told the club\u2019s official website <\/em> .<\/p>\n \u201cPaco is wholeheartedly with us, he has quickly integrated and has become an integral part of our squad.<\/p>\n \u201cHe is a striker of high footballing quality and has already decided some important games for us.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe look forward to many more goals and assists from Paco in the coming years.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcacer spent just two seasons with Barcelona after joining them in 2016.<\/p>\n He made 50 appearances for the club, but found regular starts hard to come by and managed only 15 goals.<\/p>\n That return could be bettered in just one campaign with Dortmund, with a man who has also caught the eye for his country in recent outings thoroughly enjoying his time at Signal Iduna Park.<\/p>\n \u201cI am very happy in Dortmund, at BVB and in this wonderful team,\u201d Alcacer said after seeing his future resolved.<\/p>\n \u201cBorussia Dortmund was and is exactly the right place for me.\u00a0I will do everything I can to say thank you for your trust in my performances!\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Spain international striker, who moved to Germany on an initial loan over the summer, has agreed a deal with the Bundesliga leaders to 2023 Paco Alcacer has joined Borussia Dortmund on a permanent basis from Barcelona, with the Bundesliga side taking up an option in his loan to land him on a deal until…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n