This summer certainly looks as though it will be a rather busy one at Blackburn Rovers.

With the play-offs now out of reach following Saturday's 3-0 defeat to Bournemouth, the Ewood Park club can start planning for another season in the Championship during the 2022/23 campaign.

One key decision that Rovers will have to make is in the dugout, where manager Tony Mowbray looks set to leave after over five years in charge of the club, with his contract expiring at the end of the season, and the 58-year-old confirming talks have yet to be held over a new deal.

On the pitch as well, there looks certain to be changes, with a number of players seeing their contracts or loans with Blackburn come to an end in the next few weeks, so replacement will be needed there as well.

With an earlier start to next season, those in charge at Rovers will no doubt want things sorted quickly ahead of a return to action.

So with that in mind, we've taken a look at seven transfer dealings that could happen at Blackburn by next month.

Having top scored for Rovers with 21 goals this season, while also bursting onto the international scene with Chile, Ben Brereton-Diaz will be in demand this summer.

The striker has already been linked with a long list of clubs, and given he will be entering the final year of his contract in the next few weeks, Blackburn will find themselves under pressure if, as expected, any offers do come in for the 23-year-old.

That means it would be no surprise if the striker did move on, so the club can ensure they do not lose such a valuable player for noting next year.

Given Blackburn never brought in another striker to replace last season's top scorer Adam Armstrong when he left in the summer of 2021, a new forward will surely be on the agenda this time around.

Brereton-Diaz's departure would further emphasise the need for some extra attacking firepower, especially considering how they have struggled for goals when the Chilean has struggled for fitness or form during the second half the season, which has proved so costly to Blackburn's play-off push.

As a result, with the funds they have received from Armstrong, and could receive for Brereton-Diaz, it would feel like something of a surprise if there was to be no investment in Blackburn's attack this summer.

One player who it seems Blackburn will seemingly be losing for free this summer, is right-back Ryan Nyambe.

The Namibia international is into the final year of his contract at Ewood Park, and so far talks over extending his stay have been unsuccessful.

Add in the fact that Nyambe has not even made the matchday squad for Blackburn's last two games, despite no suggestion of any injury issue, and it does seem as though focus may already be turning to a summer move elsewhere for the 24-year-old.

If Nyambe is to leave, then Blackburn will of course have to find themselves a new first choice right-back, which leaves them with a big call to make over the future of Deyovaisio Zeefuik.

The Dutchman joined Rovers on loan from Hertha Berlin in January, with a fee pre-agreed for making the deal permanent in the summer. However, Zeefuik has been plagued by injury throughout his time at Ewood Park, making just six appearances.

Even when he has been fit, the defender has been forced to settle for a place on the bench in the past few weeks, with centre back Darragh Lenihan on the right of defence, leaving Rovers with a tough decision over Zeefuik, and little evidence to go off.

Speaking of Lenihan, he too is another who Rovers will be soon to be hoping to have some confirmation on the future of.

The Blackburn captain is also out of contract this summer, and has been linked with a number of Premier League clubs recently, as well as West Brom.

However, Blackburn are reportedly set to make one final offer of a new deal to the defender in a bid to keep him at Ewood Park, and given Lenihan himself will surely be keen for clarity on his future soon, it may not be long until he decides whether to accept Rovers' proposal, or look for a move elsewhere.

Even if Lenihan does stay, you feel that some extra central defensive reinforcement will be among the priorities at Ewood Park in the coming weeks.

Blackburn's 2021/22 Player of the Season Jan Paul van Hecke is set to return to Brighton following the end of his loan spell at Ewood Park, while Daniel Ayala's fitness remains far from reliable.

That does mean that some new centre back options could be important for the club, and Rovers may want to get those in quickly, so they can maintain their strong defensive base from the current campaign, bu laying the foundations for a new back line swiftly.

In the centre of the park, one departure that does seem likely to happen for Blackburn, is that of Joe Rothwell.

The midfielder is another on Rovers' long list of soon to be out of contract individuals, and Mowbray revealed back in January that he had expressed a desire to talk to other clubs about a move elsewhere, amid links with Bournemouth.

With the Cherries now reportedly set to make a fresh move for Rothwell when he will be available for free in just a few week's time, it would be no huge surprise to see 27-year-old at The Vitality Stadium in the not too distant future.