Tony Mowbray insists that Joe Rothwell won’t be leaving the club in January – and the Rovers have rejected bigger bids than those from promotion rivals Bournemouth.

News broke this week that Rovers had rejected a third bid from Bournemouth for the midfielder who is out of contract this summer.

Manager Mowbray has stressed that Rothwell will remain at the club beyond the end of the transfer window and that other bids, not just those from Bournemouth, have also been turned down for the 27-year-old.

Rothwell has been a key performer for Rovers this season, his absence from the win over Middlesbrough with a back issue the first time he has missed a game this season.

He is set to train today to put him in with a chance of featuring at Luton Town this weekend.

And despite the uncertainty over his long-term future, with no progress over contract talks to extend his Ewood Park stay, Mowbray says he won’t be moving on in this window.

“Him moving to Bournemouth isn’t going to happen,” Mowbray said.

“What I find interesting in your world is that you pick up certain things and don’t get other things.

“We’ve had bids twice as much as much as what Bournemouth have bid which is okay from me, it doesn’t really matter.

“Some clubs have been in with twice the bid of Bournemouth and he’s still not going anywhere.

“That’s great credit to the owners that we’re going to give this team the best chance.

“In four days time Joe Rothwell is worth nothing to us, other than trying to help us get to where we want to go.”