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This article is part of Football League World’s ‘What does the future hold?’ series, this content strand is where we evaluate and subjectively debate a player’s future at their current club…

For the first time since Danny Graham made his loan move from Sunderland to Blackburn Rovers permanent in the summer of 2016, it could be argued as though there are questions around the popular striker's future at Ewood Park.

While the veteran forward has never been on a particularly long-term contract with the club, the size of his contributions to Rovers - narrowly second in terms of goals only to the talismanic Bradley Dack in each of the past two seasons, the latter of which it should be remembered Graham picked up the club's Player of the Year award - have always meant that handing the attacker a new contract has seemed like something of a no-brainer.

This time around, however, things do feel to be slightly different.

So far in the current campaign, Graham has found the net just three times in 30 league appearances, and with only 11 of those outings coming from the start, manager Tony Mowbray revealed earlier this season that - in his eyes at least - the forward has become more of a "plan B" with his physicality and presence as a target man for long balls forward, as he looks to take Rovers in a different direction with their style of play.

As a result, it could certainly be suggested that with his reduced influence, and the fact that his contract with Blackburn is set to expire at the end of this season, Danny Graham's time at Ewood Park could soon be coming to a conclusion.

However, despite all of that, there may still be some arguments that could help Graham secure his place in Rovers' squad beyond the end of this season.

The first, and perhaps biggest one, centres around that man Dack, who Rovers will desperately want to get back to top form as quickly as possible once he eventually returns from the anterior cruciate ligament injury he suffered back in December.

Considering the fact that Graham and Dack are two players that have clearly gotten the best out of each in the past few seasons, it may make sense to keep Graham around in the hope he can do that again when Dack does finally make his long-awaited comeback, which may even bring some of a resurgence out of Graham himself.

It is also worth considering the fact that his experience and reputation is going to make Graham a big figure behind the scenes in the dressing room and around the training ground for Rovers, meaning he may be a figure they will want to keep around for the boost he can give the side off the pitch, even if he is not going to be a regular off it.

However, at 34-years-old, Graham may feel he is still capable of playing regular first-team football for a few more years beyond the end of this season, meaning you have to wonder somewhat whether that is a situation he would be happy to go along with, and consequentially he himself could look for a move elsewhere at the end of the campaign in the search of a more frequent playing role.

Whatever, happens you feel that considering the popularity he holds among the Blackburn faithful, and the contribution he has made to the club in helping them win promotion back to the Championship and then reestablish themselves in the second-tier, it does seem as though the club do at least need to offer Graham some sort of contract extension come the end of the season, rather than simply dropping him out in the cold.

That way, if he does decide that now is the right time to say thank you and goodbye to Blackburn Rovers, Graham - one of their greatest servants of the past five years or so - can at least do so on some semblance of his own terms.

That at least, you feel he has earned.