Premier League trio interest Evans

The Millers ended their Sky Bet Championship campaign with Arsenal goalkeeper Emi Martinez, Crystal Palace right-back Jack Hunt and Burnley left-back Daniel Lafferty on loan at the club and all three helped the club ensure their survival in the second tier.

They returned to their parent clubs for the conclusion of the top-flight campaign, with Evans thought to be keen on bringing Hunt and Lafferty back to the New York Stadium on permanent deals.

Getting Martinez back appears to represent more of a challenge, with the Argentinean tipped to spend a season on loan in La Liga in Spain, but Evans has expressed his desire to work with all three players again.

"If you are saying to me would we like to work with Martinez, Hunt and Lafferty, they would be absolute no-brainers, wouldn't they?" the Millers boss said.

"We need to see where they go and whether we can get them in remains to be seen.

"But where ever I'd go in my career, I'd always welcome working with those three, that's for sure."

Last summer Evans brought in 12 players during the close season before adding a further 19 throughout the campaign.

The Scot has vowed to adopt a 'quality over approach' this time around and said he would be signing 'six or seven' players.

But with skipper Craig Morgan and midfielder Ben Pringle opting to move on after turning new deals down, Evans could yet end up reaching double figures in the transfer market once again.

"If it ends up at four, we might not have enough in the squad to be on the bench," Evans added.

"But if it's four or five, it's terrific. If the two boys (Scott ) Loachy and Connor (Newton) leave us, it probably might be six or seven.

"We want to really focus on what they (new signings) bring to the party.

"It really should be about will he play? Yes. If it's a central midfield player, then the challenge becomes challenging the (Richie) Smallwoods, (Paul) Greens and (Kari) Arnasons. If it's a centre-back, will he play and challenge the (Kirk) Broadfoots."

Meanwhile, the Millers now know the 23 other teams they will face in the Championship next season after relegation and promotion issues were decided over the weekend.

Preston, who Evans' men beat in the play-off semi-finals last season, won promotion from League One on Sunday evening, shortly after Hull were relegated from the Premier League.

Then after Norwich won the play-off final at Wembley, Middlesbrough were condemned to another season in the second tier.