Lewis Travis became just the second Rovers goalscorer from central midfield this season. In fact, goals have been hard to come by from the middle of the park, with just six in the last three years.

Tony Mowbray’s preference is for two holding midfielders to help recycle possession, and admits: “We haven’t got a technical midfield.”

Mowbray is looking to move towards a more progressive style of play, but believes that requires different personnel. Joe Rothwell was switched inside for the final half an hour at Carrow Road, but Mowbray doesn’t feel the 24-year-old is a long-term option in that role.

And for that reason, he is looking to add more creativity to his side in the transfer window.

He explained: “We put Joe Rothwell in there for the last 20 minutes in order to give us some technique in the midfield because he wanted to get on the ball, look forwards and play in tight areas, rather than just focussing on tackling people, which saw us move the ball around better.

“We’ll do our best over the summer to change our team and make us stronger and better ahead of the new campaign, which is the challenge for us going forwards.

“I don’t think Joe has the ability to play in the centre of midfield permanently, but I felt I had to put him in there in order to help us stay on the ball and build-up some possession.

“I just wanted someone in midfield who was comfortable there and capable of retaining possession in order to build-up attacks.

“However the job over the summer is to get central midfielders who naturally want to retain possession and pass forwards, which will free up Joe to play his natural game in his natural position.”

Norwich secured promotion with victory over Rovers on Saturday and have been praised throughout the season for their expansive brand of football.

But Mowbray added: “You can’t just say you want to play like Norwich do, if you don’t have the players capable of pulling off such a style.

“This is why I’ve spent the last two years saying we haven’t got the players to play as certain brand of football and we’ve been playing to our strengths.

“We have a very physical midfield who press and work hard in trying to get the ball back in order to start a counter-attack.”

Travis scored his first senior goal when finding the bottom corner with his curling effort in the 24th minute to reduce the arrears. But the 21-year-old failed to close down Mario Vrancic for the Canaries’ second goal, while a missed Jack Rodwell tackle led Marco Stiepermann’s opener.

“Despite his goal, Lewis Travis remains a young boy with lots to learn and lots to develop about his game,” Mowbray told the club website.

“He’s got a fantastic attitude and some fantastic attributes, which is why he’s in the team almost every week, but ultimately, he has to improve his game which he is aware of.

“He needs to develop while also competing against the current midfielders and those who we will hopefully bring in”