Everton are about to sign a player who has the record for the longest goal ever scored

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Everton are having a strong month in the transfer window, and the business continues with another new signing.

David Moyes and the Everton hierarchy have really lived up to the challenge in the last few days of building the squad properly.

A few weeks ago, Moyes demanded nine or ten players, and the way it’s going so far, the Toffees are fulfilling his wish.

The additions of both Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Jack Grealish are vital to what The Friedkin Group want from their project.

It’s beginning to become an exciting summer, and now their seventh summer arrival is almost completed.

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Everton in ‘advanced talks’ for Wolves goalkeeper Tom King

With the new faces coming to Finch Farm thick and fast, Moyes is once again strengthening the goalkeeper department.

According to the Athletic, the Blues are making progress for another option between the sticks, this time in the form of Wolves goalkeeper Tom King.

Talks between the two Premier League clubs are at an ‘advanced stage’ with the Welshman making the move for a ‘nominal’ fee.

This comes after Everton signed Mark Travers on a £4 million deal, but it seems the Scotsman likes to have the traditional three keepers in his squad, as the absences of Asmir Begovic and Joao Virginia need replacing.

There might not be too much excitement about King as he’s a third-choice goalkeeper, but there is something very unique about the 30-year-old.

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Everton-bound Tom King scored the longest goal of all-time

Now, this is quite peculiar, but there is a little-known fact about King to Evertonians, as the Wolves shot-stopper scored the longest goal in footballing history.

In the 2020/21 season, Newport County faced Cheltenham Town in a League Two fixture, as the 30-year-old shocked everyone by scoring from his own goal, which was a 96.01 metre shot.

It’s certainly a unique feat as King has his record stamped in the Guinness World Records, and coincidentally, it trumps the previous record of 89.15 metres held by former Toffees keeper Begovic.

Moyes wanted players with character this summer, and not many can say they’ve scored from their own six-yard box.