The Leeds United forward is currently on loan to McCann’s Doncaster Rovers.
A number of Leeds United fans have not taken well to Grant McCann’s comments about Mallik Wilks.
Wilks is currently on loan to McCann’s Doncaster Rovers, for whom he has scored or assisted six goals in 10 games this season.
The 19-year-old is due back at Leeds in the January transfer window, at which point he could have six months left on his deal at Elland Road.
But despite Wilks’ bright start to life at Rovers, McCann has told the Yorkshire Post he does not see a Whites future for the Thorp Arch academy product, with Kemar Roofe and Tyler Roberts among those impressing in his absence.
“My personal opinion is he (Wilks) will not ever get a chance at Leeds,” the 38-year-old said. “I think that they will strengthen again in January and they are strong up there (in attack), with the boy Tyler Roberts. It is going to be difficult for Mallik.
“Him and his agent need to decide whether he wants to stay at Leeds and extend his contract or Mallik wants to go and sample the Football League.
“He loves it here. If it was my decision, I would sign him today as he has huge potential in him.
“But if he keeps going in the way he is, there are going to be clubs sniffing around him.”
This is what Leeds fans are saying in response…
A Leeds native, Wilks made his one and only Whites appearance in the 1-0 FA Cup defeat at Sutton United in January 2017, and has also spent time on loan to Grimsby Town and Accrington Stanley.
Has McCann blown Doncaster’s chances of a longer-term deal for Wilks?