McPake played 100 league games for Livingston in almost five years there

Livingston captain James McPake has joined Coventry City after signing a three-and-a-half year deal with the Sky Blues for an undisclosed fee.

The 24-year-old defender had been expected to move to the Ricoh this summer after signing a pre-contract agreement in December.

But the two clubs agreed a fee for McPake to make the move now.

"It's going to be a massive step up but I hope I can cope," said McPake. "I've played in the Premier with Livingston."

McPake, who has been at Almondvale since joining the club as a teenager in 2000, had also been linked with St Mirren and Motherwell.

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