Ince Junior is wanted by Huddersfield Town after another impressive campaign in Derby County colours.
Huddersfield are said to have offered £3 million for the Rams star, who scored 15 goals last season.
And Ince Senior, the 53-cap former England international, believes the 25-year-old is long overdue another crack at the Premier League, where he previously appeared for Hull City and Crystal Palace.
Derby’s Tom Ince
“There has been a lot of interest from Huddersfield,” the 49-year-old told The Mirror. “That is down to the respective chairman Mel Morris and Dean Hoyle to discuss.
“I think he should be playing in the Premier League, if he goes to another club great if not, he is happy to stay at Derby and try and do it with Derby. At the age he is at now, 25, for two years he should have been in the Premier League anyway.
“It is tough, we were hoping he was going to do that with Derby but this year didn’t work out.
“I always believe he is a Premier League player. I know he can do it. I think he has proven that scoring 15 goals from the right wing takes some doing.
“It is just about getting the opportunity whether it be with Derby or someone else.”
Former Blackpool manager Paul Ince
It has been claimed that Derby, who have already sold Will Hughes to Watford in a deal which could be worth £8 million, are looking to raise funds through the sales of key players this summer.
And The Mirror reports the Rams have set an asking price of £10 million for the former Liverpool trainee.
Derby boss Gary Rowett has so far added two new faces to the side which finished disappointingly in ninth position last season, with defenders Curtis Davies and Andre Wisdom arriving from Hull and Liverpool respectively.
Could the Derby County winger cut it in the Premier League?
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