The broken wrist sustained by Town midfielder Alan Judge in the Republic of Ireland’s 1-1 draw in a Euro 2020 qualifier in Denmark on Friday will inevitably delay his start to pre-season training.

But Judge is still expected to have fully recovered in good time to train prior to the start of the League One campaign and be available for the opening fixture on August 3.

Manager Paul Lambert will meet up with his players in a fortnight’s time to commence their preparations for the new campaign that starts on August 3, but 30-year-old Judge was already due to start later because of his international commitments.

However, the broken wrist he suffered towards the end of Friday’s game in Copenhagen — after his 85th minute free-kick was headed in by Brighton’s Shane Duffy to earn Mick McCarthy’s men a valuable point — will not only rule him out of tonight’s group game against Gibraltar but further delay his start to the warm-up campaign.

Judge is undergoing surgery today and hoping to be at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin this evening to see his team-mates in action as they look to reinforce their position as group leaders.

Town physio Matt Byard said: “We are hoping his injury won’t have much impact on pre-season for Judgey. It’s likely that he will have to avoid contact for the first few weeks but we will see how it goes.”

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ForeverBlueSince1996 added 14:05 - Jun 10 Speedy recovery Judge will play a massive part next season
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ArnieM added 14:32 - Jun 10 Oh effing wonderful news. And so it begins all over again!
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brazil1982 added 14:58 - Jun 10 There's a shock. Here's to him missing the first 10 matches too.....
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SamWhiteUK added 15:12 - Jun 10 "Injury may delay..." Me: Ok, hopefully it won't "...on Friday will inevitably delay his start to pre-season training. " Me: Oh, right
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Linkboy13 added 16:04 - Jun 10 Don't think this news is as bad as it sounds it will mean he will get plenty of rest before the season starts and won't stop him from doing most of the pre season training .
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dirtydingusmagee added 16:17 - Jun 10 here we go,here we go, here we go,.......................
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IpswichT62OldBoy added 11:57 - Jun 11 Broken bone, 6 to 8 weeks to heal, he is young and fit, should not miss start of the season. Not sure how limited his preseason will be, or what effect the rest will have, may do more good than turning out for MMc
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itfchorry added 12:10 - Jun 11 Come on Gibraltar - McCarthy Out
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