Speaking of the need for extra men in the middle, Royle told the Ipswich Evening Star: "I need to get a midfield player in. With Jermaine going, and possibly Martijn too, it will leave us a bit short. We will only have Tommy Miller, Jim Magilton and Ian Westlake, so there is an obvious vacancy in that area.
"We've hardly got a big squad for what we all hope can be another promotion-challenging campaign. We have high hopes for a number of youngsters but you cannot underpin a promotion challenge with high hopes."