The central defender has signed a pre-contract agreement to join City but his current contract at the Almondvale Stadium does not expire until June, meaning that City would have to pay the rest up front in order to bring him to the Ricoh Arena.
Said McPake: "I don't know whether I will be joining Coventry in Janauary or the summer. "Right now, I'm a Livingston player until someone tells me otherwise."