Parkinson issues injury update on Wrexham trio

Phil Parkinson confirmed Matty James has fractured his toe as the Wrexham boss stated the club will continue to monitor the fitness of Nathan Broadhead and Liberato Cacace.

Midfielder James was withdrawn in the opening half of the Red Dragons' 2-0 loss to Millwall on Saturday as a result of the foot injury and is now likely to face a spell on the sidelines.

"Matty has got a small fracture in his toe so we've now got to get the swelling down on that and then just see how he can manage with the pain," said Parkinson.

He added that the 34-year-old's injury "wasn't as bad as it could have been".

Cacace was also forced off in the defeat by the Lions, although Parkinson does not fear that the hamstring issue sustained by the New Zealand international is serious.

"Libby has had a scan and there's a very low-grade hamstring problem, nothing too serious, but obviously we've got to make sure we get it right," added Parkinson.

The outlook was more positive for Nathan Broadhead, who missed the contest with Millwall.

"Broady on the Tuesday after the transfer window had a slight problem with his groin, but he's making good progress. We never anticipated that to be too long," said Parkinson.

"Nathan has done some part of the training today, so depending on his reaction tomorrow we'll see how he is, but the good news is that he's come through what he did this morning."

Deadline day signing Zak Vyner remains sidelined due to a toe injury.

Ahead of his side's FA Cup fourth round contest with Ipswich Town on Friday night (19:45 GMT), Parkinson responded to a comment from club co-owner Rob Mac that he has "the job for life" in north Wales.

In an interview with The Athletic, external, Mac stated he could not envisage a scenario in which Parkinson lost his job at Wrexham.

"It's obviously great for Rob and Ryan to be saying things like that," Parkinson said of Mac's words.

"They've (owners) been here five years, which is great.

"It's a fantastic story for us all, particularly when you buy a football club and you go into the unknown to a certain degree, and five years later you find yourself in the top six in the Championship."

The Red Dragons are bidding to continue their impressive campaign with progress in the FA Cup.

Parkinson's men have already dumped out Premier League Nottingham Forest, and the Wrexham manager says his side are no strangers to the spotlight under their Hollywood owners as they go in search of more cup joy.

"Since my very first season here, the expectations have been really high and the spotlight has been kind of unprecedented for each division we've been in," added Parkinson.

"When you come into the Championship there's a lot of big clubs who've got a lot more expectations and we've been a bit of the underdog card as well in terms of this year because we're up against so many established clubs in the Championship who've been Premier League clubs.

"But we played catch-up and we're trying to do that quickly."