Ince has been working as a pundit and on the after dinner circuit in recent years (Photo: John Walton/PA Images via Getty Images)Ince went to Inter Milan and made a huge success out of himself but the team won nothing. After making the controversial move to Liverpool (he says, because United did not want him back after deciding to return to England from Italy), the team’s fortunes under Roy Evans worsened. By 1999, the year United claimed their first European Cup in 31 years, he was in the process of being forced out of Liverpool by Evans’ successor, Gerard Houllier, who believed the club’s younger players needed a steadier influence.The achievements of the club he left behind in United, as well as the lack of development at the clubs he joined once he was past his best, means history treats Ince worse than it probably should, certainly as a player. Ince says he felt forced out of United by Ferguson after he accepted a bid for him but his subsequent choices and achievements means you will not find lots of people sticking up for him. At Anfield, he is not a legendary figure and by joining Liverpool he lost reputationally what he once had at Old Trafford.The speed of his sacking as manager at Blackburn was devastating for his career. If he thought he could return to a sort of womb in Milton Keynes, he was wrong. Very quickly, he was on a losing streak that stretched across another two managerial positions over the next five years.He now shows up all this time later at Reading, a club which this season has had to contend with a transfer embargo and a six-point deduction enforced in November from breaking EFL financial rules. A crippling injury record has also affected fortunes on the pitch and last month the team was dumped out of the FA Cup by non-League Kidderminster Harriers.Paunovic’s departure marks the fifth managerial change at Reading in three years. In January, it was made clear by a delegation from the Supporters’ Trust At Reading (STAR) at the club’s offices where they feel the team is at. “For our older fans, this is not the worst crisis the club has had,” they said. “But for the younger generation, the generation most vocal on social media who have seen success in the new stadium era, it is.”AdvertisementInce confirmed yesterday he will be able to add to his coaching staff, though his appointment was not something he envisaged happening. “It was thrown upon me,” he said. “It’s about one big push for the next ten weeks, or however long I’m here for.”As recently as October, the possibility of Ince returning to management seemed remote because of the reassurances he wanted. In an interview on YouTube, he reminded that despite the way he has left the clubs, he has managed at every level in the Football League and his winning ratio stands above 40 per cent.“These were teams where I had been firefighting,” he said, a skill he will surely need at Reading. “Every club I’ve been to has had one of the smallest budgets, so I know I can manage. I know I can get a team promoted or save a team from relegation.“If you’re an owner and said, ‘Listen Paul, you’ve got a three-year contract and three years to get where we want to get to. Don’t worry about year one or year two, this is where we want to be after three years and if you haven’t done that, then you’ve lost your job,’ then I’ll take it.“If not, then I’ve got no interest.”On this basis, perhaps he has received guarantees the role at Reading could lead to something more than just a short-term title.(Top photo: Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images), Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (/ ɪ n s /; born 21 October 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently manager of Reading., Paul Ince (born 21 October 1967) is an English former footballer. He has played for the England national team. Ince was most recently manager of Reading. He has also managed Macclesfield Town, Milton Keynes Dons, Blackburn Rovers, Notts County, and Blackpool..