Liverpool frustrated in £7m Ince chase as Blackpool chairman refuses to answer calls

Highly-rated: Ince has five England Under-21 caps

Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston is continuing to play hardball with Liverpool over the potential transfer of England Under-21 star Thomas Ince.



Liverpool's interest in taking the 20-year-old winger back to Anfield is well known and they are thought to be willing to pay £7m for the player - who they released in July 2011.



Blackpool - who snapped up Ince for a small compensation fee - stand to make a huge profit, but the Daily Mirror are reporting that Oyston will not talk to Reds manager Brendan Rodgers.



Oyston has form for this sort of tactic, with former Tangerines boss Ian Holloway admitting that the club ignored calls for Charlie Adam's services back in January 2011.



Swansea are ready to rival any bid from Liverpool with their manager Michael Laudrup a keen admirer of the player.

Hardball: Blackpool have ignored calls from Liverpool

It is thought that a return to Anfield is Ince's preferred move but with the Reds set to receive money back from a sell-on clause Blackpool want to drive the price up as high as they possibly can.

