Barcelona announced yesterday the signing of Spain forward Paco Alcacer from Valencia on a five-year contract.

He moves to the Nou Camp on his 23rd birthday for a fee of €30 million and is likely to be the Spanish champions’ last signing in the transfer window.

Alcacer’s buyout clause has been set at €100 million and the player, who is on international duty with Spain, will be unveiled next week. Barca’s priority was to add a striker but they lost out on signing Nolito andKevin Gameiro, with the former joining  Manchester City  and the latter Atletico Madrid.

Alcacer is Barca’s fourth attacking option behind  Lionel Messi,  Luis Suarezand Neymar.

He scored 13 times last season in La Liga.

Alcacer had been at Valencia since 2005 and has featured at every age-group level for Spain.

The Torrente-born player is the Catalan side’s sixth singing of the summer following the arrivals of  Jasper Cillessen,  Denis Suarez,  Lucas Digne,  Samuel Umtiti  and  Andre Gomes.