Town have confirmed that striker Dean Bowditch has returned from his loan spell at Brighton and is undergoing treatment on a groin injury at Portman Road. Midfielder Gary Roberts also ended his loan spell early, returning from Crewe late last week.

Boss Jim Magilton told the club site: "Dean has a groin injury and is being assessed by our medical people.

"We will have a look at him and see how things go. If it settles down then he'll go back there.

"Gary has an achilles problem and has had a scan. There is some swelling there and again it will be a case of seeing how things go before we see about him going back to Crewe."

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