Thomas Kaminski would like Tony Mowbray to continue as Rovers manager and revealed it was something he raised during his own contract talks.

Kaminski put pen-to-paper on an extended deal at Ewood Park earlier this year after impressing at the club since his arrival in the summer of 2020.

He has proven to be a shrewd piece of business by Rovers in what was their first foray into the European market since Mowbray’s restructure of the recruitment team in 2019.

Kaminski says talk over the manager’s future isn’t something that has played on the squad’s mind in a second half of the season that has seen Rovers fall from automatic promotion contenders to outsiders to reach the play-offs.

But the ‘keeper believes the squad are fully behind the manager and would like to see him continue.

It comes as Mowbray’s future is less than certain, with no talks having taken place over an extended an extended deal and his current contract set to expire in the summer.

On wanting the manager to carry on and extend his stay at the club beyond his current five years, the 29-year-old said: “I think everyone does.

“We believe in what he’s doing for the club and there’s been massive improvement compared to last season.

“He did it with less players, brought in the younger guys and gave them confidence and game-time and I think everyone thinks that.”

While the future of Ryan Nyambe, Darragh Lenihan and Joe Rothwell have been well documented, with the trio of out of contract in the summer, Rovers did reach an agreement with Kaminski to extend his stay.

His two-year deal signed upon his arrival was due to expire this summer, and while Rovers had an option to extend the contract of their £450,000 signing by a further 12 months, fresh terms through to 2025 were agreed.

Kaminski said that was down to how well he had settled into life at the club, his ambitions for the future and the relationships he had built with the coaching staff.

The club’s reigning player of the year said: “The reason I committed to the club was because of the people who are here.

“In football you can’t be naïve and there will be a lot of speculation.

“The only thing I can say from a personal point of view is that I hope he stays.

“It was one of the main reasons I wanted to sign, I made that clear. They couldn’t guarantee anything but I’m here with the people who are here and for me it was quite a good success for me.”

Despite the club having not clarified the position of the manager, Kaminski doesn’t feel that has had any bearing on results on the pitch.

He added: “Affected I wouldn’t say, but you do think about what is going to happen.

“I can only speak for myself personally, but it shouldn’t play a big role on the pitch.

“He’s still our manager and has been here a lot of years and we know what he gives us.

“He’s been here five years and done really, really well for this football club.

“I’ve had a good connection and he tells me very honestly what his opinion is, my performances and that works both ways.”

Rovers sit ninth in the table, six points outside of the play-off spots, ahead of tonight’s trip to Preston North End.

The Belgian believes anything other than nine points from the remaining three matches will end Rovers’ hopes of a top six finish, but he maintains they still have a chance of doing so.

While the team have performed above where many would have expected, Kaminski accepts that how the season has panned out, and the slide down the table in the second half of the season, gives a feeling of disappointment.

“I can understand that, we were at some point in a really good place,” he explained.

“Compared to last season we’ve done really, really well.

“I think I can openly say it will be disappointing not to make the play-offs with the season we’ve had.

“We were in February second in the league and then you lose a game and the confidence starts to go

“That maybe has something to do with age a little.

“In football it can go quick, but we need three wins to get into the play-offs and hopefully a win can give us a big confidence boost.”

Missed penalties and opportunities infront of goals and points thrown away in the dying stages of matches have all contributed in Rovers dropping out of the play-offs after a four month stay.

Kaminski feels the inexperience of the squad has played a part in not seeing games out, but too credits the youthful nature of the squad in bringing about so many positive moments.

“We have had many games where we should have won given the chances that we had,” he added.

“Everyone remembers the two penalties, these are massive chances, as well as playing against 10 men against Swansea, games where we needed to take those.

“It’s a bit of bad luck, confidence, the maturity to finish the job.

“The young players gave us a lot of points and joy because of their enthusiasm and their young minds and trying to do well and there were some games that you need to play clever and to finish the job.”

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