The Wanderers defender was caught by a stray elbow from Chuks Aneke which tore his ear significantly, which required the attention of a plastic surgeon and several stitches.
Iredale played on with the injury on Saturday and returned to the training ground quickly to put his name in the frame for Tuesday’s game at the Abbey Stadium.
“I’ve no idea how it happens but there was an incident midway through the second half when he went off, I think the boy Aneke caught him with quite a nasty elbow and literally his ear split in two parts.
“It was severe enough for him to need to see a surgeon. Great credit to Jack, he has brave it, strapped it up, and carried on for the remainder of the game.
“And that was part of the ear that was unprotected by his Australian mullet.
“Potentially he’ll need some type of Terry Butcher style strapping to look after it but he’s a brave lad and he wants to continue.”
Ricardo Santos trained once again on Monday morning and will be in contention for a place in the squad for Saturday’s game at Blackpool. Dion Charles is on course to return for the following Tuesday when Wanderers face Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium.
Nathan Baxter will also return to training next week after a hamstring injury.
Goalkeeper Nathan Baxter is due to have the cast removed on his injured wrist next week, which will then give medical staff a better idea on his return date.
Wanderers managed just nine minutes of football on their last trip to Cambridge after a post kick-off deluge, and since then have drawn two and won one of their three games.
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