Town boss Paul Jewell looks set to appoint his former Bradford, Wigan and Derby assistant Chris Hutchings as his number two at Portman Road. Hutchings, 53, was sacked as manager of Walsall last week and was always expected to be reunited with Jewell at Town.
Jewell said: "I’m going to bring in a senior coach to work alongside me. That will happen next week.
"Chris is a terrific coach and we’ve enjoyed success both at Bradford and at Wigan. Chris is most certainly well in the frame.
"I’ve got a couple of people to speak to and hopefully I want to get it nailed down no later than Tuesday if I can.”
The new Blues manager has already brought in his former Bradford strike partner Sean McCarthy as a coach and says the one-time Truro City boss has enjoyed his first two days at Playford Road: "I played with Sean, he was the greediest striker I’ve ever played with.
"Sean will work alongside us. He has great enthusiasm, a good knowledge of the game and he’s loving every second of it.”
Jewell confirmed that Darren O’Dea will be on loan until May and he will look at Rory Fallon and Jake Livermore’s situations next week: "I think Darren’s is done to the end of the season, I think that was agreed before I got here and I’m quite happy with that.
"Rory’s loan is up next weekend. I’ll speak to Rory and I spoke to Peter Reid yesterday and we’ll make that decision next week.”
Jewell will have the on-loan Pablo Couñago and Lee Martin watched when they play for Crystal Palace and Charlton respectively this weekend, while Town’s third loanee Kevin Lisbie is ineligible to face the Blues for Millwall.
The new boss, who will also talk to people at the club who know more about the players involved, confirmed that Town can recall any of the loanees from their spells if he wants them.