Liverpool captain unpopular at Anfield and Old Trafford after staggering dressing room bust-up

This month marks 60 years since Phil Chisnall became the last player to transfer directly between Manchester United and Liverpool.

Despite Gabriel Heinze’s best efforts in the summer of 2007, there are some lines you just don’t cross in football. Michael Owen can certainly vouch for that, having damaged his Reds legacy beyond repair when joining the Red Devils on a free transfer from relegated Newcastle United two years later.

The same can be said of Paul Ince, who would move to Anfield from Inter Milan in the summer of 1997 in a £4.2m deal. Inevitably, such a move coming two years after a £7.5m exit from Manchester to Milan did not sit well with Red Devils supporters.

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“You always get the same thing: ‘Oh, I used to love you as a United player and then you went to Liverpool,” Ince once said of United supporters. “I say: ‘Hang about. I didn’t go to Liverpool, I went to Inter Milan.

“And I didn’t want to leave United. They sold me. Also, when I came back from Inter, United could have taken me back. They had first refusal on me.

“I have a wife and children. I have to put food on the table. So if Liverpool’s the club for me at the time... and Liverpool were great. Their fans took me in and didn’t even mention the Man United thing.”

"I didn't choose to go there," he also said of his move to Inter. "Man United accepted a fee for me from Inter Milan. I could have turned it down, but I didn't feel right. After six years at United, they accepted a bid behind my back, I wasn't too pleased about that.

"I could have never gone from United