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Joshua King sulked and his form tailed off when Bournemouth turned down Man United's £25m bid for him 12 months ago... now Everton will hope Norwegian striker can rediscover his best after sealing cut-price £5m signing on deadline day

January transfer deadline day has fast become the most exciting date of the year for Joshua King.

Last year, Bournemouth rejected an astonishing £25million offer from Manchester United for the Norwegian striker lodged just 15 minutes before the window closed.

12 months and plenty of rumours later, King has finally secured his return to the Premier League as Everton swooped to seal a £5m deal on Monday night.

Everton completed the u00a35million signing of striker Joshua King from Bournemouth on Monday
King will be pleased to seal his return to the Premier League after several offers were rejected

The intervening year has been a rocky one for the 29-year-old and Everton will hope his very underwhelming goalscoring record in that time is more down to his disinclination to be at Bournemouth than any fading of his undoubted talents.