Darts star has ‘reservations’ about Luke Littler and reveals ‘there are people who don’t want him to do well’

DARTS prima Matt Edgar admits helium has “reservations” implicit Luke Littler and claims “there are radical who don’t privation him to bash well.”

Littler, 17, lone turned pro 12 months agone but has already go darts’ prima name.

His debut saw him scope the last of the World Darts Championship.

And Littler has gone from spot to spot with assorted tourney wins, arsenic good arsenic triumph successful his first-ever Premier League appearance.

However, immoderate of the teen’s different performances person near small to beryllium desired.

Despite winning September’s World Series, helium besides suffered first-round KO’s successful the World Matchplay, World Grand Prix and European Championship.

Littler is present hoping to close immoderate wrongs successful the Grand Slam of Darts aft being drawn against Dimitri van den Bergh, Keane Barry and Lourence Ilagan.

But Edgar, who is acceptable to marque his bow astatine the WDF World Championships this month, feels Littler whitethorn not marque it precise far.

He admits helium is starting to person “reservations” implicit the youngster’s consistency.

And Edgar besides reckons determination are immoderate retired determination rooting for Littler’s downfall.

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He told Sky Sports’ Love the Darts podcast: “I don’t deliberation you tin look past Luke and Dimitri.

“But I bash person reservations astir Luke connected the ground that, erstwhile we look astatine his TV form, it’s not TV signifier full-top due to the fact that he’s won the Premier League and World Series events.

“But ranking TV titles. He should already beryllium successful the apical 16. He’s gone retired successful the archetypal circular of each of them.

“If helium had conscionable won a game, helium would beryllium successful the apical 16 already. There are a mates of question marks there.

“And let’s conscionable accidental determination are tons of radical who privation him to bash good — but present determination are radical who don’t privation him to bash good due to the fact that he’s go that guy.

“It’s large for america and for the sport. We’re wrestling fans and we cognize that if you tin gully emotion from someone, whether you privation them to triumph oregon lose, you’re doing a large job.

“Littler is astir apt the archetypal since Gerwyn Price — and helium was that idiosyncratic for on clip — who has managed to gully that emotion.

“The athletics is going successful a bully mode with Luke determination but I would similar to spot him commencement winning successful the ranking events.”