Cardiff launch bid to buy Thomas Ince for £8.5m

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Cardiff launch bid to buy Thomas Ince for £8.5m and make him their top earner

Blackpool winger is in talks with the Premier League new boys but still hoping a bigger club will meet the Seasiders' valuation

Cardiff are ready to make Thomas Ince their best-paid player.

The Premier League new boys are preparing an £8million swoop on Blackpool for Ince.

And the England Under-21 cap is in talks with the Welsh club after they became the only side to meet the Seasiders' valuation.

Cardiff’s owners are backing Malky Mackay by pushing the boat out for the former Liverpool winger - son of Blackpool manager and former England captain Paul Ince - in a bid to make him sign.

It is still not guaranteed that Ince will move to Wales as he was hoping a ‘bigger’ club would come in for him.

But neither Tottenham nor his old club Liverpool, who have both expressed interest, will pay the fee are demanding, which includes an up-front figure plus add-ons.

Ince can now either sign the contract with the Bluebirds – or take his chances that one of the big guns will come in for him later in the summer.

Hmmmm, not sure whether to believe the Daily Fail, they usually get a lot of things wrong, a lot of other outlets have run with the story that the bid has been accepted. I don't think Ince wants to pick and choose and wait, he wants to play in the PL, end of.

Amazing lack of quotes, lazy, speculative journalism

Amazing lack of quotes, lazy, speculative journalism

Yep not sure what's worse. The journalists producing quoteless pieces just to fill the pages or us (me) grabbing at ANY non-news because the rumour mill has run dry.