INCE CHASES GIANT BLACKPOOL PAYOUT
TOM INCE is in a bitter financial dispute with Blackpool over their refusal to pay him a six-figure fee when he left the club.
Hull City spent around £2.3million in compensation to sign Ince three years ago and the winger’s contract stipulated he would be due a percentage.
That runs into the hundreds of thousands and Ince, now in the Premier League with Huddersfield, has been working with the PFA’s legal team to resolve the issue with Blackpool.
The wrangle has dragged on for more than a year and no date has been set for a hearing, which is likely to take place at PFA headquarters.
The 25-year-old, who was on loan at Crystal Palace in the months before leaving for Hull, allowed his contract to run down.
It is understood he rejected a new deal and Blackpool are expected to argue that negates their obligation to pay Ince his cut. ‘We are aware of this matter, which is ongoing, but have no comment to make at this time,’ said a Blackpool spokesman. This is not the only legal headache for Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston. He is awaiting judgement on a case worth millions launched against the club by former president Valeri Belokon.
The Latvian was disqualified as an EFL director last week after a money-laundering conviction in Kyrgyzstan. Belokon argues the findings cannot be enforced in the European Union but the EFL saw fit to disqualify him anyway.