Blackpool have offered a new contract to sought-after forward Thomas Ince, Tangerines chairman Karl Oyston has said.

The 21-year-old's current deal runs out at the end of the season and if Ince doesn't put pen to paper then Blackpool must decide whether to sell in January or let him run his contract down and leave for free next summer.

"It's down to Tom and his father [Blackpool manager Paul Ince] whether we choose to sell or keep him until the end of his contract," Oyston told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"We have offered him a new contract. It's very fluid, there's nothing definite and I certainly shall not start speculating. Who knows what will happen, but it's an interesting situation."

If a foreign club comes in for Ince in January, they can agree a pre-contract with him for the end of the season. Dutch side Ajax are said to be weighing up a move.

Last summer, Ince turned down a move to the Premier League with Cardiff City.