Corry Evans says he will reflect positively on a Rovers career which has brought many highs and lows.

Evans’ eight-year spell at Ewood Park will end this summer, bringing down the curtain on a long chapter in the midfielder’s career.

During that time he has made 218 appearances and won promotion, but also suffered the disappointment of relegation to League One and extended spells out of the side.

He became Rovers’ longest-serving player, having joined from Hull City in 2013, and was a trusted lieutenant of manager Tony Mowbray when available, the midfielder striking up good partnerships with first Richie Smallwood and then Lewis Travis.

Evans is one of four players whose departures this summer have been confirmed, alongside Lewis Holtby, Stewart Downing and Charlie Mulgrew.

And reflecting on his time at Rovers, Evans said: “It’s flown by, it’s gone really quick.

“Plenty of people mention how your football career is over before you know it, but my time here has been a spell that I’ve really enjoyed.

“Time flies when you’re having fun and it certainly has done that.

“It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster, up and down, and we’ve seen the highs and lows of football.

“That’s what we’re in the game for and I’d like to think that we’ve had more highs than lows. I look back positively at my time here.

“Rovers has been a big part of my life these last eight years.

“It’s a club that I’ll always be deeply fond of, a soft spot for and I’ll always be looking out for the results in the future."

Evans could only watch on in the second half of the 2016/17 season as Rovers battled against relegation under Mowbray’s management after he arrived at the club with 15 games to go.

The 30-year-old was sidelined by a groin issue at the time where Rovers’ haul of 22 points, and a final day victory at Brentford, weren't enough to keep them in the league.

He was one of a number of senior players, alongside Mulgrew, Elliott Bennett and Danny Graham who stayed at the club and helped them to immediate promotion.

Staying was a decision Evans felt he owed the club whose promoted helped unite them with the fanbase.

“The highlight would have to be the League One promotion season,” he told the club website in his farewell interview.

“The togetherness we had that season, the reconnection we had with the fans after the previous campaign, it was a really enjoyable time to be a part of that squad and promotion was the ideal way to mark a special season.

“We had a bad season in 2016/17, couldn’t quite get enough wins and it was a real sickening feeling to go down on goal difference.

“It was a tough summer and I was among a number of other players from that squad that felt we owed a lot back to the fans and the club to try and get back to where we were."