Lewis Travis will be pretty satisfied with how his second season in Blackburn Rovers' senior side has gone so far, with the 21-year-old midfielder having appeared in all seven of Rovers' Championship games this season. 

The midfielder has impressed for Rovers so far this season, with the youngster having recorded a very respectable passing success of 82.9%, whilst also laying on one assist from his role in the Rovers engine room.

Whilst being good on the ball when his side is in possession, Travis has also displayed his astute tackling skills, with the Blackburn academy graduate having made an average of 2.9 tackles per game, making him joint highest in terms of the number of tackles made per game in the Rovers squad.

Travis suits the role of a deep-lying playmaker well, with Mowbray deploying the youngster alongside the more experienced Bradley Johnson in a midfield two, with Johnson playing the role of a box to box midfielder while Travis dictates play.

However despite Travis's impressive performances thus far this season, his spot in the team could soon come under threat from the potential arrival of former German international midfielder Lewis Holtby, who is reportedly in talks over a move to Ewood Park.

Holtby would provide Mowbray with a much more experienced option than Travis in the midfield, with the former Hamburg, Tottenham and Fulham player having made over 300 club appearances, in addition to possessing three caps for the German national team.

Travis will be looking to improve the amount of passes he makes across the space of 90 minutes, with the 21-year-old averaging just 31.7 passes per game, with 5.5 of which being either inaccurate short or long passes.

This is an area of his game that he will be keen to work on, as Holtby arrives with a reputation for holding onto the ball for long periods whilst also being equally astute at playing accurate short passes, both of which are certainly traits Mowbray will be wanting his midfield players to display, particularly as he favours his team controlling the ball in the opposition's half.