Rovers boss Tony Mowbray flies out to India today to meet owners Venky’s ahead of what he feels will be ‘a huge week’.

Mowbray will travel to Pune, alongside Chief Executive Steve Waggott and Finance Director Mike Cheston, ahead of the club’s return to the Championship.

Budget plans will be drawn up with Mowbray looking to ascertain the aspirations of the owners as he tries to re-build Rovers as a force in the second tier.

And ahead of flying out, Mowbray told the Lancashire Telegraph: “I think it’s a huge week. I think back to a year ago and going to see if they would support the salary levels for the players.

“The players flexed down for League One but they were still good salaries for League One that need supporting and the owners were very supportive.

“On the back of 15 games, losing three and being so unlucky to go down with 51 points (in 2016/17), I think they knew the best thing to do was to support this team and see if we could bounce straight back which we’ve managed to do thankfully.

“The question now will be asked humbly by me: What are their aspirations for this season coming? I’m hopeful that I go over there and their aspirations are to push towards the top end of the table and give ourselves an opportunity.

“I need to make them aware the Championship is full of clubs with parachute payments from the Premier League, big spending teams with big budgets and if we are going to be competitive at the top end of the league then we’re going to give ourselves a chance with a budget that can make us competitive.”

Rovers’ net liabilities stand at almost £110m and Mowbray is realistic as to the level of budget he will be working to next season.

But having been given around £1.5m in transfer fees last season, the Ewood boss is confident he will be able to enjoy another positive summer of recruitment as Rovers look to build on the feel-good factor brought about by promotion.

He added: “I hope that we can come back and the message is very positive from the owners.

“I hope that they can feel from afar the positive vibe around the football club and I’m pretty sure they will have seen the pictures from the last day against Oxford and seen the stadium bouncing, the noise and the energy, the excitement around the building. It’s something we need to try and recreate as much as we can next season.

“I hope the owners see an opportunity to bring a positive story back from India and that there will be investment.

“I don’t think anyone expects crazy money, because I believe that we should try and build the club again.

“Let’s be positive and try and have a go next year but there’s no reason to throw huge amount of money at it, we need to throw enough money at it so we can build and add some more really talented footballers, another (Richie) Smallwood, another (Bradley) Dack, players who have built reputations.

“If at the start of next summer we’d had a good season, consolidated, done pretty well and were in the top half of the table then we can go again this time next summer when we’re adding another three or four good players.

“Then the expectation becomes can we get in that top six? Can we win the play-offs? Have we got a sniff of getting in the top two if some of the relegated teams slip up and get their recruitment wrong?

“There’s always opportunities and I think the key would be to build it over a few seasons rather than throw fortunes at it.”