Everton could've signed Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland for chump change as a teenager, it has been revealed.

Haaland now carries a £100million price tag on his head but Everton could have picked him up for nothing.

Brian King was the Blues talent spotter in Scandinavia and a teenage Haaland caught his eye.

Ian Atkins, Head of European Recruitment at Everton between 2012 and 2016, worked with King at both Everton and then Aston Villa and recalls vividly the chance that was passed up.

He told the Liverpool Echo: "Brian King was really excited about this kid.

"He'd watched Haaland a lot and rated him really highly. He gets on to the club and manages to get him in for four days with the Academy so that the coaches can have a look at him and see what they think.

"This is when Haaland is at Bryne, before the Molde move, so he's raw but he's got all these great attributes you don't often see in someone so young.

"He comes in for four days and the Academy decided he wasn't good enough, something that Brian King didn't agree with. He thought there was a real talent in there but they didn't agree. He was one that got away for Everton, but you get that in football. I think Haaland would have suited the English game, though."