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title: "Exclusive: Marcus Bent suggests that Josh King was a panic buy from Everton"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/exclusive-marcus-bent-suggests-that-josh-king-was-a-panic-buy-from-everton-e129/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Jake Sanders"
section: "Everton"
published: "2021-07-03T14:15:55Z"
modified: "2021-07-03T14:15:55Z"
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# Exclusive: Marcus Bent suggests that Josh King was a panic buy from Everton

**Marcus Bent has suggested that Josh King was a panic buy from Everton.**

With just one recognised striker at the club in Dominic Calvert-Lewin and a European push very much on the cards, the Toffees [signed](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55897493) the Canadian from Bournemouth late on Deadline Day in January.

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King had been struggling in the Championship with the Cherries having failed to net in the first half of the campaign.

However, he had previously scored goals in the top-flight with Bournemouth, which is why Carlo Ancelotti bought him to Goodison Park on a short-term contract.

Remarkably, despite being proven at this level, King failed to start a single match during his short stay on Merseyside, and unsurprisingly didn’t manage to score.

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In fact, King played just [137 minutes](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joshua-king/leistungsdaten/spieler/91059/plus/0?saison=2020) during his time with Everton before he was [released](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jun/04/joshua-king-and-robin-olsen-among-five-senior-players-to-leave-everton) at the end of his contract last month despite the man who signed him, Ancelotti, leaving for Real Madrid.

Bent exclusively told **[The Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/)**:

*“Maybe it was a panic buy, a panic buy doesn’t mean bringing in a player that you sign for the fans, but maybe in case someone gets injured.*

*“It was only a six-month deal, so it isn’t the end of the world.”*