Josh King ‘was left disappointed’ with Manchester United and Ed Woodward after his deadline day transfer collapsed, according to reports.

The Norway forward, currently sidelined by a hamstring problem, was at Old Trafford as a youngster, having signed from Valerenga when he turned 16.

During his time with United, King worked alongside Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the reserves before eventually joining Blackburn in 2013.

Solskjaer was reportedly keen on a reunion with the Bournemouth man, who when fit would have provided cover for injured England forward Marcus Rashford, but United eventually opted to bring in Odion Ighalo on a loan deal until the end of the season.

And now David Ornstein in The Athletic claims that executive vice-chairman Woodward made ‘two offers’ for King with the second believed to be £25m, which was rejected by Bournemouth.

The offer ‘encouraged King to think a deal would be struck’ with the 28-year-old ‘ready to travel north’.

However, that third offer never came from Woodward and United, with King left feeling like he had been ‘used’ by the club’s transfer men.

Ornstein added: ‘His frustration is thought to have been directed at United for not following through with their advances rather then Bournemouth for rejecting them.’

While sources told Ornstein that Bournemouth may have accepted a bid of around £30m if Man Utd had come back in.