"Ince Has Been Terrorizing People"

Notts County are hoping to re-loan Liverpool’s Thomas Ince to unite the young forward with his father and Magpies manager Paul Ince.

Assistant manager Alex Rae told Sport.co.uk the League One club is hopeful of bringing the player back to Meadow Lane to bolster their depleted squad that was reduced to only 17 for the abandoned game against Tranmere over the weekend.

Rae said: “We were disappointed we couldn’t keep a hold of Thomas [after he returned to Liverpool in January].

“But from what I understand it’s still ongoing and we’re hoping to get him back out [to Meadow Lane].”

Ex-red Paul Ince joined the East Midlands club in October and raided his former club for the promising Thomas Ince and defender Stephen Darby.

After initially taking a little time to settle in Thomas Ince soon impressed the home faithful and Rae, who joined County’s coaching staff in November.

“Before he came I hadn’t seen Thomas play but heard a lot about him,” Rae said.

“I heard he was a bright player and played for Liverpool throughout their academy but you just don’t know what you’re going to get.

“He came in and it maybe took him a couple weeks to find his feet in terms of being around the 1st team and in a new environment and then he just took off.

Thomas Ince scored his first goal in a 2-0 victory over his father’s previous side MK Dons, making six league appearances in total.

“He really took off. He scored a couple goals and was terrorizing people.”

“Hopefully when the loan transfer window opens back up again on Monday we’ll be looking to add again.”