Liverpool make £5m bid for Ince

Liverpool make £5m bid for Ince... a year after they released him for free

Liverpool have made a £5million bid for Thomas Ince in a dramatic move to take the England Under 21 midfielder back to Anfield.

Brendan Rodgers is keen to recruit Ince’s attacking flair and eye for goal and hopes to reach an agreement with Blackpool in time to complete a deal at the start of the January transfer window.

Blackpool have yet to come back with an answer, according to Anfield sources, but Liverpool are confident of signing him for a second time, amid growing suggestions that both Ince and Matt Phillips may have to be sold before the season is out.

Southampton and Swansea are both hot on the trail of Phillips and believe he could be prised away from Bloomfield Road for £6million in the New Year.

Both have also enquired about Ince, though Liverpool are in pole position after making a concrete offer, in the wake of his England under-21 appearance against Northern Ireland on Tuesday night.

Manchester United have been linked with the 20-year-old, and do have an interest in him, but Rodgers has made the first move after vowing to reinforce his attacking options.

Ince joined Liverpool as a junior in 2008 and was given a squad number at the start of the 2010-11 season. He never made a Barclays Premier League appearance for them, though, and readily accepted Blackpool’s offer of a two-year contract, with an option for a further 12 months, after beginning to despair of making the breakthrough at Anfield.

His progress there has been such that Rodgers sees him as a ready-made replacement for Stewart Downing, whose Liverpool days look numbered after a signal he will be allowed to leave.

Reflecting on the transformation in his fortunes since moving to Bloomfield Road, Ince said: ‘I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for Blackpool. I’ve been given the opportunity to play week in, week out at a very high level in the Championship.

‘It is flattering to have all that (transfer) interest. It shows you are playing good football and are in good form, but at the moment my focus is on playing for Blackpool.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2234090/Thomas-Ince-subject-5million-Liverpool-bid.html

1st - Im gutted because I was hoping Malky would have went in for him.
2nd - what a joke Liverpool have turned into,letting him go for free then placing a bid of 5 mil for him 1 year later
3rd - Just hope Malky makes a move for Matt Phillips instead.
4th - It sounds like Blackpool are fcked

Blackpool are gone if they lose those two, although they have a decent young centre back with Prem and international experience in Craig Cathcart who we might be able to steal.

Ad Liverpool will look a farce if they buy him back!

They are only getting 12 thousand fans a week on average now.Ian Holloway could see what was going to happen and jumped ship so it will not be long before the rest swim for shaw.

Oh dear, oh dear....well at least they enjoyed a couple of good years of football.

Yes, and at our expense...but I'm not bitter...not at all...I'm NOT F'IN BITTER, OK!?

Arkay v2.0 wrote:Yes, and at our expense...but I'm not bitter...not at all...I'm NOT F'IN BITTER, OK!?

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Pity we didn't make a bid for either Ince or Philips in the summer, I think both are now out of our price range. Philips might be in the Bothroyd/Huckerby/Chopra category of players too good for the Championship but not good enough for the Premier League but Ince looks like the real deal.