Tommy Elphick, Liverpool’s first-team coach under Andoni Iraola, has been tipped to become a manager in his own right by Alan Hutton, the former Scotland and Rangers defender who played alongside him at Aston Villa.
Hutton told Boyle Sports that Elphick’s leadership qualities made him a natural fit for coaching. “He came into Aston Villa and he was captain and you could just tell he was a leader,” Hutton said. “He’s got those characteristics where he wants to be the main man and be the leader, so I would expect that in the future.”
The 39-year-old joined Iraola’s staff from Bournemouth in June, turning down a chance to manage in the Championship with Bristol City. Steve Fletcher, the Bournemouth legend, said Elphick and fellow coach Shaun Cooper had been impressed by the scale of operating at Liverpool, describing the club’s global reach as “beyond belief.”
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