Duncan Watmore to Rotherham United ... it might be on!

The League One Millers were keen on the 31-year-old free agent in the latter part of 2025 but a deal foundered when the former Millwall attacker chose to look elsewhere.

However, the player, who has spent most of his career in the Premier League and Championship, is still without a club and Rotherham have become a more attractive proposition to him.

Last month, Hamshaw said there was no chance of Watmore moving to S60, but he was much softer in his stance when the Advertiser quizzed him this morning.

“There's nothing I can really say at this moment,” the boss declared. “We're obviously looking at a number of options. I've made no secret of it that I'm looking to bring strikers in. We desperately need two.

“Duncan Watmore's an experienced player and any team in League One would be lucky to have him. He's a name that has been put to us, he's a name that keeps getting brought up. You keep bringing him up yourself!

“Look, we'll just wait and see. We have to weigh up all of our options, see where we are, see what fits best or us and then get clearance on that.”

The Advertiser then said: “It's maybe not as dead as it was three weeks ago, then?” Hamshaw replied: “Nothing's dead at this moment, my friend.”

Watmore has been without a club since leaving Millwall at the end of last season. If he signs for Rotherham, there would obviously be fitness and injury concerns attached to him, but his quality is unquestionable.

He rejected the Millers' advances the first time around because he had been training with Sheffield Wednesday and was hoping to continue playing at second-tier level.

That hasn't materialised and there is a chance he could sign a short-term contract at New York if he and the Millers can agree terms.

Hamshaw will bring in four new faces in the window if he gets the backing he is hoping for from the board.