Blues midfielder Alan Judge has been confirmed in the final 25-man Republic of Ireland squad for next month's matches against Switzerland and Bulgaria.

Former Town boss Mick McCarthy, who was at the Blues’ recent Carabao Cup tie at Luton, initially named a 40-man provisional party for the Euro 2020 qualifier against the Swiss at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Thursday 5th September and a friendly with the Bulgarians at the same venue on Tuesday 10th September.

Judge, 30, has previously won six full caps and has scored one international goal. Also in the final squad are ex-Blues David McGoldrick and Conor Hourihane.

Yesterday, Town confirmed that their League One game at Rochdale which clashes with the international fixtures has been called off due to players being away with squads. The Blues’ first ever match at Spotland will now be played on Tuesday 5th November.

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ArnieM added 11:20 - Aug 29 Bully for him!
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RoyalAscotBlue added 12:30 - Aug 29 Do the bookies give odds on players picking up injuries in games like this, or do you have to do a ‘request a bet' type of thing? He is just about back to being fully fit after the broken wrist which he got playing for Ireland... just wondered what the odds are on him picking up another random injury whilst he is away this time?
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Steelmonkey added 05:59 - Aug 30 Make sure you tell Mick about the sexy football being played at Portman Road 😉
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ITFCsince73 added 10:48 - Aug 30 This is the longest we've not heard from MM. He knows what's going on. So has nothing now to say....
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