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Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna says midfielder Nathan Broadhead will likely miss two months with a hamstring injury.

Broadhead, who played 38 games in the Championship last term, will not need surgery.

"Nathan has seen a specialist so doesn't require surgery but it's going to be a couple of months. So he will be a loss," said McKenna.

McKenna hopes Omari Hutchinson and Axel Tuanzebe will be back in training next week but the likes of Harry Clarke and Ali Al-Hamadi are recovering from surgery and haven't joined his training group yet in pre-season.

"We are a little bit light on bodies. The boys training and playing games are getting good exposure," added McKenna.

"I think we have added some good qualities but we all know we need to keep trying to improve the squad over the next couple of weeks for the massive challenge we have ahead. That is something everyone is working very, very hard on."

McKenna watches his side lose 2-1 to Germany's Fortuna Dusseldorf on Saturday and after the friendly he said: "I think it was a useful workout for sure. That's what this stage of pre-season is about. It's about setting challenges for what is coming up. Today was one of them against a good side who are getting ready to start their campaign next weekend. We'll certainly be stronger for that level of challenge.

"It was good to get a couple of players close to 90 minutes at this stage of pre-season."