Barcelona are on the verge of completing a €30 million move for Paco Alcacer after the striker arrived for a medical with the La Liga champions on Monday.

The 22-year-old was excluded from the Valencia squad that lost 1-0 at Eibar on Saturday, with coach Pako Ayesteran telling reporters, ‘Today he was not in the ideal situation to compete.’

According to Barcelona-based newspaper Mundo Deportivo, Alcacer will sign a five-year contract later before reporting for international duty with Spain at their Las Rozas training camp in Madrid.

Alcacer came through the ranks at Valencia and made his debut in 2010, although he spent the 2012-13 season on loan at Getafe to continue his development.

He scored 25 goals in 51 starts for Los Che over the past two seasons, and was Spain’s top scorer in their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with five goals but was excluded from the squad for the final tournament.

The signing of Alcacer signals an end to Barcelona’s summer-long striker search to supplement their famous frontline of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar, who netted a combined 131 goals in all competitions last season.

Barca had hoped to sign Kevin Gameiro from Sevilla before they were beaten to the Frenchman’s signature by Atletico Madrid, and failed to land Argentine forward Luciano Vietto, who joined Sevilla on loan instead.

Should the move go through, Alcacer will become the fourth Barcelona player to join from Valencia in the last four years. Defender Jordi Alba made the move in 2012, Jeremy Mathieu signed in 2014 and attacking midfielder Andre Gomes, a Euro 2016 winner with Portugal, joined Barcelona in July for £35million.

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