SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND - APRIL 13: Ike Ugbo of Sheffield Wednesday looks on during the Sky Bet Championship match between Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City at Hillsborough on April 13, 2024 in Sheffield, England. (Photo by Ben Roberts Photo/Getty Images)
Wilks, 26, joined the Owls in 2022. He helped them gain promotion to the Championship in 2023 after they beat Barnsley in the play-off final at Wembley.
Evans has said, as per a report by the Rotherham Advertiser: “We love working with Mallik. I think he loves working with us. He’s a gifted boy who we’d like to work with going forward. Absolutely, we’ll have a conversation with him.”
He added: “Do we need more consistency and end product from him? One million per cent we do. Does he know we need that? Yes, he does. Was his pre-season where we needed it to be? No. He didn’t have a pre-season. He used to sit with the under-23s and play five-a-sides at Sheffield Wednesday. We knew that when we took him on.”
The Leeds-born man stayed put at Hillsborough last season under both Xisco Munoz and Danny Rohl but was given the green light to leave last year on a temporary basis when Rotherham United came calling.
Evans moved to land the player following the Millers’ relegation to the third tier to boost his attacking ranks.
He has enjoyed plenty of game time in this campaign as his current side sit down in 14th place in the table with nine fixtures left to play.
