In a former job, one of the key benefits of the role was the opportunity to have an annual medical check-up – a sort of MoT for your own body.

The various medical practitioners would take lots of samples – let’s leave it as unspecific as that – and would send them off for analysis. By the time I returned home from the appointment, I’d have a glossy report telling me all the things that were worthy of attention, especially those metrics where the trend was moving very much in the wrong direction (hello cholesterol, BMI, Diabetes risk...!). Clearly, the idea of the charts and red flags is to motivate you into making some lifestyle changes, which would improve not only the quantity of life you might hope for but also the quality.

One of the key risk factors affecting my personal well-being categorically didn’t feature on the form – perhaps it should... “Which football team do you support?”

The risks associated with your choice could be assessed and a suitable course of treatment or management of the condition prescribed.

“Blackburn Rovers? Oh...I would sign up for yoga, watch as much test-match cricket as possible & stay off social media for two months...” that kind of thing.

The summer has flown by but then again, that match at Leicester City securing Rovers’ safety, curiously also seems a lifetime ago. Since then, the speculation surrounding the health & well-being of the club has been a feature - wherever you might go for your fix of Rovers gossip - be that (clumsy, yet shameless plug incoming...) the forums of BRFCS.com, Elon Musk’s personal fiefdom or the BTL comments on The Lancashire Telegraph Rovers articles.

The major question hovering over Blackburn Rovers right now surrounds the owners and their intentions/ambitions, everything else pales by comparison. It’s this issue upon which many fans seek clarification from the club. The court case in India is due to be heard on 20th August but can anybody genuinely be confident enough to suggest that will be the end of it? It’s lasted almost a year so far, if it carries on for another year, what then?

What seems abundantly clear, is that the money that used to flow from India to the tune of c.£18m p.a. to provide Rovers with working capital, has dried up whilst this litigation continues. Will the taps be turned on again?

Some people’s interpretation is that the litigation prevents any funds being transferred over, others reading of the court documentation point to the provision for a bond to be provided to allow money to be sent to Rovers. 

Either way, the sales of Adam Wharton, Sam Gallagher and, in all probability, Sam Szmodics; together with the David Raya sell-on, is ensuring that Rovers can keep the lights on for the time being. Forget substantial investment in the transfer market, the first priority is the survival of the club off the pitch. The second, very close behind it must be the on-the-pitch fortunes.

With that in mind, Rovers transfer business this summer is very much on the fringes. We have seen players sought from Japan, Belgium, France and er...Sheffield so far. Although the Sheffield one is better described as a late renewal; return of the Mc indeed.

On the one hand, I must confess to becoming overly excited at the prospect of seeing players of whom I know nothing. There’s always the possibility that we might have unearthed some unpolished gems. The thing is, for every Steven Nzonzi, there’s a Herold Goulon. 

This time last year hopes were invested in a promising young Swedish international goalkeeper and lower-tier striker from Germany. We all know how that turned out.

Last season Rovers scored 60 goals in the Championship – assuming Szmodics does indeed depart, 35 of those came from players who will not be at Rovers this coming season. Let’s hope the as-yet-untested promise of these new signings proves to have substance and that some decent loan signings can boost what appears to be a thin squad.

With Harry Leonard and Arnor Sigurdsson already injured in pre-season and Scott Wharton out for the season, the hit rate on signings coming in needs to be top-drawer. A number of pundits and websites are already tipping Rovers for relegation and I too have my concerns, but while there’s time before the window, there are still possibilities.

Perhaps holding onto those possibilities of what might be is the best course of action to manage my blood pressure over the next month?