Mallik Wilks shines in Turkey after Owls exit

Sheffield Wednesday let Mallik Wilks depart as a free agent final summer time, capping the tip of a poor stint for the ex-Hull Metropolis man. However he’s turned his fortunes round in Turkey.

Sheffield Wednesday signed Mallik Wilks from Hull Metropolis through the 2022/23 season. It seemed like an thrilling signing for the Owls who had been then in League One however Wilks would go on to attain only one league purpose for SWFC, making 31 appearances.

Final season noticed Rotherham United signal Wilks on mortgage. He upped his sport with 9 targets and 4 assists throughout the season. However upon the expiry of his mortgage, the cash-stricken Sheffield Wednesday allowed Wilks to depart as a free agent, and the 27-year-old headed to Turkey.

Mallik Wilks shines in Turkey after leaving Sheffield Wednesday

Wilks signed for Pendikspor within the second tier of Turkish soccer. And after 32 video games of the season, Wilks is the membership’s joint high scorer within the league with 10 targets and 5 assists, oddly sufficient drained on targets with former Peterborough United hitman Jonson Clarke-Harris.

The membership are difficult for promotion at present sitting within the play-off locations of the Turkish second tier. Wilks has made 29 league appearances to date and this season is his finest scoring season since he bagged 19 League One targets with Hull Metropolis within the 2020/21 marketing campaign.

Mallik Wilks not the one former Sheffield Wednesday man in kind

Sheffield Wednesday followers might or might not be stunned to know that Wilk has rediscovered his scoring contact this season, certainly doing so final season with Rotherham United. He at all times had the flexibility however it simply by no means clicked for him at SWFC.

One other title who left Sheffield Wednesday final 12 months and who’s in high quality kind this time spherical is Callum Paterson.

The previous Owls cult favorite joined MK Dons in League Two. He’s to date scored an unimaginable 14 targets in 30 league video games, together with eight assists after what was an excellent final season for him at Sheffield Wednesday scoring six targets in 27 league video games.

However the Scot has missed the final a number of weeks by way of damage in what has been a standard theme for the now 31-year-old, similar for Wilks who’s rediscovered his health alongside along with his scoring contact within the final year-and-a-half.

And anticipate there to be one other wave of Sheffield Wednesday gamers leaving the membership this summer time because the Owls’ monetary state of affairs seems to be set to worsen, together with the factors deductions and attainable wage caps making signing and holding high quality gamers all of the tougher.

SWFC return to motion in opposition to Stoke Metropolis on Friday.