No decision has been made on the next move with Harry Chapman as the Rovers winger approaches the end of his loan spell at Burton Albion.

Chapman moved to the League One side on deadline day in August but has struggled for an impact with the Brewers, failing to find the net or contribute an assist in his eight starts.

That is a contrast from a spell in the third tier with Shrewsbury Town in the second half of last season where he netted seven times, and added three assists, in his 24 appearances.

On the back of that, the 24-year-old penned a one-year contract extension at Rovers and made three appearances off the bench in the early weeks of the season before being loaned out until January.

Burton’s games programme has been disrupted by Covid, with three successive postponements, and they don’t play again until New Year’s Day.

And Mowbray told the Lancashire Telegraph that no call has been made on what is next for Chapman.

“I’m letting him get on and competing to get in their team and trying to help them win football matches,” the Rovers boss said.

“I’m sure that’s a conversation that’s coming, it’s not been at the forefront of my mind, but it will be.”

The arrivals of Reda Khadra and Ian Poveda, as well as the continued improvement of Tyrhys Dolan, meant Chapman was allowed to leave on loan to get games under his belt.

However, Poveda has since returned to Leeds United after ankle injury, with the 21-year-old facing a race against time if he is to play again this season.

That has led to the prospect that Chapman could be welcomed back into the fold in the January window, or if his future lies away from Ewood Park.

He has played 35 times in all having first signed on loan from Middlesbrough in the summer of 2017 and then again permanently in 2019.

Chapman is yet to make a Championship start for Rovers however, with Mowbray continuing to lay down the challenge for the former England youth international.

He added: “Harry Chapman is a young lad who for me has to understand what it is to play for a team with ambition and you have to do what the manager wants, to run, to chase, to fight and to compete.

“If you’re a Harry Chapman type of player you then need to beat players and contribute with goals and assists.

“It’s football, it’s pretty simple for me. If Harry can do all that, which is why he was brought to this club, then Harry Chapman is a good footballer.”