Blackpool hope to avoid going to a tribunal over compensation for Hull City winger Thomas Ince.

A similar situation concerns teenage centre-half Harrison McGahey, who left Pool for Sheffield United over the summer.

The fee looked likely to be set by tribunal but Pool chairman Karl Oyston has revealed he is hopeful that the deal can be finalised between the clubs.

The Blackpool Gazette says Oyston was referring to Hull and the Ince deal when he said: "We remain in discussion with one of the clubs with a view to resolving it without the need of a tribunal.

"That club and ourselves would rather remove any uncertainty from the deal.

"I think it would be better to come to an agreement than to be stuck with a deal we aren't happy with.

"We have strong cases with both players. In Thomas Ince's case, we signed him out of Liverpool's reserves and turned him into a very good Championship, and now Premier League player.

"If the Ince and McGahey deals do go as far as tribunals, we will send a solicitor who is a football expert to represent us.

"It's mainly statistics rather than opinion which determine the evaluation."