BLACKBURN Rovers centre-back Alex Baptiste is set for talks over his future.

Baptiste’s year-long loan from Championship rivals Bolton Wanderers runs out at the end of the season.

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And Bolton boss Neil Lennon wants to know whether the 29-year-old will be happy to return to the Macron Stadium for the final 12 months of his contract.

Baptiste has admitted he did not enjoy his first season with Wanderers after signing a three-year deal following his free transfer move from Blackpool in May 2013.

He has also declared his time at Ewood Park has helped him rediscover his love for football.

But, with Rovers under an embargo for failing Financial Fair Play, as things stand they would be unable to sign Baptiste in the summer unless Bolton let him back out on loan or settle up his contract.

Lennon has never worked with the versatile defender who can also play at right-back and at left-back.

His predecessor Dougie Freedman had already sent Baptiste on loan to Rovers by the time he was installed into the Bolton hotseat in October.

And Lennon said: “I haven’t worked with him before but he’ll come back in and we’ll sit down.

“We’ll have to assess his situation and whether there’s a chance he can come in and play for me because he’s under contract with the club.

“I haven’t really had a chance to look at it, and whether he wants to play here having been away for a year, I don’t know.

“But that’s something we’ll sit down and talk about with Alex and his representatives.”

Baptiste has made 32 appearances for Rovers, scoring three goals, and has been in impressive form since being moved into his preferred position in the centre of defence.