Liverpool tried to re-sign forward who has just completed Tranmere free transfer

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I think that’s what has allowed me to have the career that I’ve been able to have.”Leaving Liverpool for Blackpool in 2011 at the end of his contract, the Reds actually failed in an attempt to re-sign him 18 months later. “He made it difficult and they would not let me go.“That was disappointing because I felt I would have been given a chance under Brendan Rodgers.”Come the end of January, after signing Coutinho, Rodgers would admit that a move for Ince then looked unlikely."Ince was one where we could have made a deal but it looks like it's a bit complicated," he said.

To have teams of that magnitude saying you're a decent player, it gives me a smile and flatters me a lot."For me though it's about putting my faith in Blackpool because without that club, my team-mates and the fans I wouldn't be Football League Young Player of the Year and the player I am now."My dream is to play at the top level and to achieve my ambitions, but it's all about timing and patience, so when you get to the top you are ready to go and not jumping too soon."Ince would end up staying at Blackpool until January 2014 when he joined Crystal Palace on loan. "The whole saga wasn't entirely true, I spoke to three clubs who I felt I would fit in well at and Crystal Palace were the one for me."I came down to London, spoke to Steve [Parish] and Tony and I got that sense that Palace is the place for me for the rest of the season and now I've just got to show the faith that they've placed in me."Out of contract at Blackpool at the end of the 2013/14 season, Ince would score one goal from eight appearances during his temporary stint with Palace, before joining Hull City on a free transfer.

“I look back and… it’s difficult because I always compare it to now and there are British players going abroad a lot.“When I had that chance it felt like it wasn’t at that point yet. I was explaining that I was a young lad, (in a) different country without my family.“I look back now and it’s something I regret but you never know what could have happened.