Loathed by Manchester United fans and unloved by Liverpool supporters, Paul Ince never really found a football home.
There’s something about that that doesn’t sit right. Ince was arguably the best box-to-box midfielder of his generation and was very successful, particularly in the first half of his career.

Ince essentially had all of the attributes you would want in a footballer: he had brilliant footballing ability, quick feet, great passing, tough tackling, terrific physique and pace to burn, but he also had an eye for goal, scoring some golazos in his time. He was an all-rounder in the true sense of the word.
Football writer Miguel Delaney, who joined The Football Faithful on a recent episode of the 90’s Football Hall of Fame podcast to talk about the former England international, explains exactly why there should be no mistaking just how good he was at the peak of his career. “The biggest reflection of how good Ince was is the fact that a club like Inter at a time like nineties’ Serie A – when this was the peak of football, probably the highest level relatively speaking that any league has ever been compared to all the rest – and he ended up being a really important player for Inter Milan (under Roy Hodgson). But even the fact that he was considered technically and tactically good enough for a club and a league like that at point was the ultimate reflection of his talent.”
When Ince did leave Old Trafford for the San ...