NORWAY’S Euro 2020 qualification dreams hang by Joshua King’s ‘goal-den’ boots.

The Cherries striker converted a penalty in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat in Spain and also netted in Tuesday’s night’s 3-3 home draw with Sweden.

But while Callum Wilson’s free-scoring England top Group A with six points from their two matches Norway lie second from bottom in Group F with one.

And yet Norway fans are banking on King, who has now bagged 14 goals from 39 international appearances, to fire them to a major tournament.

Football writer Per Opsahl, who writes for Norway’s biggest selling newspaper VG, said: “King is the main man in Norway.

“He has played regularly for Bournemouth in the Premier League, for his country and is a prolific striker.

“King is an out-and-out striker for Norway – that’s the way he wants to play and has now scored 14 goals.

“He is the country’s biggest star who the fans think is the man who can shoot Norway to the Euro 2020 finals.”

King notched two significant strikes in his last top-flight outing against Newcastle at Vitality Stadium.

Those goals in the 2-2 draw made him Norway’s second highest Premier League goalscorer (41) behind Manchester United’s caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who netted 92.

The two men know each other well as Solskjaer was reserve team manager at Old Trafford when King was coming through the United ranks as an academy player. Opsahl added: “I’m not sure if Joshua and Ole are still in touch with each other but there were rumours in Norway recently that King had been linked with Manchester United.

“He has scored 11 goals this season for Bournemouth but should have scored five or six more, I believe.

“Had he done so, then he would have been linked with every top team because he has pace, a physical presence and is star potential.”

King has made a big impression since he arrived on the south coast in 2015 from Blackburn.

Following his arrival under boss Eddie howe, he has put Cherries on the map in his homeland. Opsahl said: “He has brought attention to Bournemouth in Norway because he is the country’s biggest star.

“It is a family club that few people had heard of in my country until they reached the top flight and King signed.

“To think the club were just a few points from going out of the Football League with Eddie Howe in charge 10 years ago. And look where they are now? It is a fantastic story.”