Former Manchester United, Liverpool, Inter Milan and England midfielder Paul Ince has caused a few raised eyebrows by identifying the best player he ever played with.

The man who insisted his team-mates refer to him as The Guvnor shared the field with a number of great players throughout his career, including Eric Cantona, Alan Shearer, Paul Gascoigne and Roberto Carlos.

But in Ince‘s eyes, those legends play second fiddle…to Stig Inge Bjornebye.

Speaking about the former Liverpool and Norway left-back, he told Norwegian paper VG Sporten (via the Mirror): “Stig Inge Bjornebye. Amazing. Maybe the best I ever played with, because he had the inner drive, the ability to question himself, the ability to work hard all the time. He was not the greatest talent, but he had something that many of the others lacked: guts.”

With Ince‘s comments coming as he promoted a book in Norway, some people were unconvinced:

Hmmmm … https://t.co/3BUpT2Ntbt

— Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) March 7, 2016

Speaking at a Norwegian book launch, Paul Ince said Stig Inge Bjørnebye was the best player he ever played with. http://pic.twitter.com/RryXG2pikz

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) March 8, 2016

Paul Ince believes that Stig Inge Bjørnebye is ‘arguably the best player I have played with’ and he wonders why he is unemployed?

— James (@jpick2012) March 8, 2016

Whatever you say, Paul.

[Twitter, h/t the Mirror]

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