Aston Villa’s Tommy Elphick admits he could leave in January

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Aston Villa defender Tommy Elphick is currently on a loan spell at Hull City.

Tommy Elphick has suggested to the Hull Daily Mail that he could leave Aston Villa in the January transfer window and join Hull City.

Villa agreed to loan out Elphick to Hull on deadline day, with the centre-back deemed surplus to requirements by Steve Bruce.

Elphick admits that Hull and Villa have already discussed potentially making the move permanent when the transfer window re-opens.

And the 30-year-old admits that he would be open to leaving Villa permanently.

He said: “There was little bits and pieces but it was so late in the day that we never got down the round with that.

“It wasn’t until the day before the window shut I knew I was coming here. Those talks can happen down the line.

“If this move leads to me being here for many season then we’re all for it but we’ll address that when it needs to be addressed.”

Elphick joined Villa back in 2016 in a £3 million transfer from Bournemouth (BBC Sport), but since Bruce came in his chances have been fairly limited.

Elphick spent part of last season out on loan at Reading, and even though he began the campaign in Villa’s starting line-up, Bruce was open to letting him go again.

Villa actually don’t have a great deal of options at centre-back, and Bruce has been criticised from some for allowing Elphick to depart.

Elphick is yet to make his Hull debut, but he could play against Ipswich Town next weekend.