I could have sworn we had an option to buy Wilks at the end of the season... Even if Barnsley want him back after his loan ends, cant we use our option to sign him and Barnsley can do **** all about it?
edit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51150139
That would mean negotiating wages not knowing which league we will be in next season.
Also a risk to Wilks that he will end up in League 1. Staying on loan would have been risk free for him. Keep us up, get bought and a championship wage. Fail, find somewhere else.