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The Championship season is only just underway, but things are already heating up off the pitch.

Clubs are struggling for early momentum, while others are fighting to keep hold of their key men.

Blackburn Rovers are one of those clubs.

They have endured a tough start, losing their opening three games in league and cup.

The defeats have added pressure on new manager Valerien Ismael, and the situation has only been made harder by the absence of their captain.

The skipper has not featured at all, leaving fans wondering if his time at Ewood Park could be coming to an end.

Meanwhile, a Premier League giant is watching closely from a distance.

Not because they want to sign him back, but because they stand to benefit financially if he does move.

That twist makes this more than just a Championship transfer story.

Blackburn captain Lewis Travis has told the club he wants to join Derby County, now managed by his former boss John Eustace.

Derby already saw a £1.5m bid rejected, but they are offering Travis a big contract, and he is keen to make the switch.

Reporter Alan Nixon revealed on his Patreon that Liverpool will be due a portion of any transfer fee because of a sell-on clause agreed when Travis left their academy for Blackburn back in 2015.

Blackburn are holding out for £3m, with their stance partly influenced by the fact that “some of the proceeds would be sent to Merseyside.”

Ismael admitted in the week that “he can go for the right price.”

For Liverpool, it is a small but useful bonus.

Travis spent 11 years in their youth system before joining Rovers’ U18s.

Now, ten years on, a move away from Ewood Park could finally give the Premier League champions a financial return on their former academy player.

The only question left is whether Derby meet Blackburn’s demands before the transfer window closes.

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