Rotherham United reunion on cards as MK Dons and Huddersfield Town 'agree fee' for Ben Wiles
Huddersfield Town midfielder Ben Wiles appears set to reunite with his former Rotherham United boss Paul Warne at Milton Keynes Dons.
The 26-year-old ascended the youth ranks at Rotherham and was given his breakthrough in the professional game by Warne.
He went on to amass 193 appearances for his boyhood club, helping the Millers secure promotion from League One in 2022.
Huddersfield came calling in 2023, paying a significant fee to prise Wiles from their Yorkshire rivals. He has since amassed 110 appearances for the Terriers, although has experienced mixed fortunes.
Huddersfield Town’s Ben Wiles eyed
It appears a reunion with Warne is on the cards, with Wiles seemingly in the sights of his old manager’s current club.
Warne is in charge of League Two outfit MK Dons, who according to Football Insider’s Pete O’Rourke, have agreed a fee to sign Wiles.
Talks and a medical are reportedly set to follow in a somewhat surprising development given Wiles’ career path.
Posting on X, O’Rourke said: “MK Dons have agreed a fee with Huddersfield for midfielder Ben Wiles with the player set for talks and a medical.”
MK Dons appeal
Not since a loan spell at Frickley Athletic as a teenager has Wiles played below League One level, although MK Dons undoubtedly hold an appeal.
He would be working under a familiar face, who is looking to add yet another promotion to his CV. The Dons currently sit fifth in the League Two table, just two points adrift of an automatic promotion place.
Another potential exit
Wiles could be followed out of the door at Huddersfield by forward Joe Taylor, who has found himself out of favour at the Accu Stadium.
Regarding the possibility of the marksman leaving, Terriers boss Lee Grant said: "I don’t know - I really don’t. I think there’s probably several obvious ones where you can look and say ‘well, if he’s not playing, I don’t know how that situation continues to be as it is’.
"So that’s an obvious one, and there’s maybe one or two others like that, where you can look at and go, ‘well, that probably doesn’t work for the club or the player or the manager or anybody if that one’s not going in the right direction’. So again, I’ll try to look at all of those ones individually as and when."