The Millers were in dialogue with the Scottish Championship outfit for the best part of a week, though never got as far as making an official bid, but have now walked away after being told Allan would not contemplate a move to England.
Allan, who handed in a transfer request after two bids from Rangers were rejected, is desperate for a switch for Ibrox to go through, but may consider moves to other clubs north of the border.
"We have removed ourselves
from the process in the last couple of hours," Evans said yesterday.
"I spoke to his representatives
earlier today and they made it clear that Scott wanted to stay in Scotland
and I don’t care if you’re Scott Allan or Messi, if you don’t want to come to
Rotherham United, we don’t want you to come.
"It wasn’t a case of Rotherham, he
didn’t want to come to England.
"I have spoken to Alan Stubbs up at Hibs and I
told him what the views were from Scott’s representatives and he understands
where we are.
"We had a certain value, certainly in excess of £400,000 to bring
the young man here, but if he didn’t want to come here we have to move on and
we will do.
"I don’t think it’s a case of
whether it’s Glasgow Rangers, he has a young family on the scene now and he
wants to be close to them. His representatives told me he’d have been really
keen and I’m the sort of manager he would like to play for, but he wants to stay
in Scotland.
"We have to respect Hibs, who
have been getting bids for players they don’t want and that is always
difficult.
"Stubbsy has been managing it well and we wish them well, Hibernian
are a proper football club.
"We’d have loved to get Scotty
here, but that’s gone, finished, unless they come back to us."
