Town boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed that midfielder Kevin Bru will miss Saturday’s home game against Sheffield Wednesday with the hamstring injury he suffered in training earlier in the week and is unlikely to return until after the international break at the start of September.
Mauritian international Bru went off with cramp at Brentford having scored Town's opener last Saturday but suffered the hamstring problem in training on Monday.
"Kevin Bru’s still injured, he’s damaged his hamstring, he’ll certainly be two or three weeks from when he did it,” McCarthy said.
"We might be looking at after the international break with Kevin, which is really sad because I thought he played well on Saturday and he’s had a bit of a stop-start career here just through injuries and other people getting in, and he’d sort of grabbed his opportunity. That’s sad.”
Full-back or midfielder Jonny Parr is over his thigh problem but McCarthy suggests the Norwegian will be a sub at best against the Owls.
"Jonny Parr’s trained with us today and he’s fit, he’s injury free, but whether he’d fit to play 90 minutes back to back is another matter altogether,” he added.
"But it’s difficult for him anyway, Jonas Knudsen has come in, Josh Emmanuel came in and played very well and, of course, I’ve got Christophe Berra back from suspension on Saturday.”
With Bru joining Teddy Bishop (also hamstring) and Luke Hyam (knee operation) on the sidelines, the Blues boss seems likely to call on one of his recent signings to partner Cole Skuse in the centre of midfield.
"Both Jonny Douglas and Giles Coke I thought played well and got better in the game on Tuesday,” the Blues boss continued.
"Like everybody else, they needed the game, to get their game legs on. I thought certainly in the second half the pair of them were excellent.
"But we have had injuries from there. Bish has got injured. I wouldn’t forget Tabby, he’s played in there as well. He got better and better wide left, he needed the game.
"But we have had Kevin Bru, who is injured, and Bish, who is injured, and Luke Hyam, so the midfield’s taken a bit of a battering.”
He says Hyam is some way off making his return having undergone surgery during pre-season: "He’s injured and he’s going to be injured for four months, I would have thought, from when he had his operation, so we’re looking at October or November.
"He’s a perfect patient in how diligently he does his work. But he’s pretty depressed by it all because he’s been back twice from it. He’s really disappointed but he’s doing his work and he will be back quicker than anybody else would be because he’ll do all his work.
"He’s got Reg Varney in there as well, I’m sure they’re doing rehab together and he’s a good character to help him along.”
McCarthy was typically tight-lipped regarding any currently ongoing moves to sign new players: "You know I won’t tell you, there’s no point me waffling around it.”
Is he confident of adding to his squad before the window closes at the end of the month? "I’m not unduly worried, to be honest. I’ve got a good squad. I think both Joshes and Myles coming in and doing well have boosted that. But you never know.”