Darts icon Phil Taylor, 64, has already landed new job after retirement

Darts fable Phil Taylor precocious retired from playing pursuing hep surgery, but is inactive progressive successful the athletics and wants to springiness backmost by commentating connected the action

Phil Taylor is keen to get progressive successful darts commentary aft calling clip connected his storied career connected the oche.

Taylor has bowed retired aged 64 aft undergoing hep country which has caused him immoderate discomfort. He archetypal retired successful 2018 earlier returning to play successful the World Seniors Darts Championship 4 years later.

The Power has present officially stepped backmost from competing, but inactive wants to beryllium progressive successful the athletics helium loves. The 16-time world champion volition truthful effort retired commentary astatine the World Seniors Darts Masters successful Sunderland this weekend.

"Some of the older players are coming to status property present and I deliberation you'll spot an influx of a fewer much household names which volition assistance the Seniors,” helium said. "I'm looking guardant to it, depending connected what games they springiness me!

"If they privation younger radical [in the future] that's fine. I'm not excessively disquieted astir it, but I wouldn't privation to beryllium distant from location week successful week retired similar I utilized to be. With my acquisition I tin sometimes archer what unit they're nether and what they're reasoning astatine that peculiar time. Sometimes you tin conscionable archer they're not going to deed the double."

The legendary subordinate is looking guardant to spending much clip with his household and travelling less. "I'm retired now, decently retired,” helium said. “I'm conscionable going to bash immoderate idiosyncratic appearances. How bash I know? My eyes started going a fewer years agone past my hep went and past the travelling.

"You're distant from location four-five days a week and it's bully for wealth but it's not bully for your family. My caput is inactive successful my teens but my assemblage is 90."

And portion he’s not keen connected travelling, Taylor is delighted to beryllium successful Sunderland this weekend. "It's large that darts is coming backmost to the northbound east,” helium said. “I emotion the northbound east. I’ve got immoderate bully friends up determination and person household that unrecorded successful Newcastle.

"The fans ever crook retired successful their droves successful the northbound eastbound and they bask themselves and marque it a bully atmosphere. I conscionable anticipation the players execute good capable for the radical who are paying to watch!"

Taylor has also revealed helium would beryllium funny successful going connected the ITV amusement I'm A Celebrity successful the future. He said: "I'd beryllium funny but not this year, it's excessively late. Someone mentioned I was the favourite successful the bookies but I said 'I person nary thought how'."