Sheffield Wednesday's former Leeds United and Barnsley attacker 'targeted' by trio as free agent status looms

The 26-year-old struggled for minutes at Hillsborough last season, prompting a season-long loan switch to Rotherham for the duration of the current campaign.

He has featured regularly for the Millers, amassing 40 appearances and registering seven goals. However, with his Owls contract due to expire in the summer, his future appears uncertain.

According to Football Insider, Wilks is being eyed by clubs abroad ahead of the summer window.

Turkish outfit Konyaspor, Bulgarian side Levski Sofia and Cypriot club Aris Limassol have been named as admirers of Wilks, who is yet to venture overseas in his career.

The versatile attacker is a product of Leeds United’s youth system and made his professional debut for the Whites in January 2017.

It proved to be his only senior outing for the club, although he did accumulate senior experience with stints at Accrington Stanley, Grimsby Town and Doncaster Rovers.

Spells with Barnsley and Hull City followed before Wilks arrived at Wednesday in 2022.

Steve Evans was the man who took Wilks to Rotherham and made no secret of his admiration for the former Leeds man.

Speaking in September, he said: "With Sheffield Wednesday's permission we'd been doing a lot of work behind the scenes with him before it (the loan) was sanctioned.

"He was well aware when he walked through the door he was coming to a Mallik Wilks lover in the man who picked the team but ultimately he has to produce performances.”

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