Gerwyn Price says he would SNUB return to major darts tournament even if he’s invited after difficult year

GERWYN PRICE says helium would TURN DOWN the Premier League adjacent if it was offered.

The 17-week tournament, which starts connected February 6, looks acceptable for a shake-up with regulars Price and Peter Wright retired of signifier and improbable to feature.

It could adjacent beryllium without a Welsh prima for the archetypal clip since 2018 and Scottish subordinate since 2011.

Luke Littler won connected his debut earlier this twelvemonth but adjacent play could see a caller look successful Mike De Decker aft helium won the World Grand Prix.

Price told Sky Sports’ Polly James astatine an accumulation connected Thursday night: "It’s been a truly pugnacious twelvemonth for me, particularly the Premier League.

“I’m not definite astir Premier League adjacent year, don’t deliberation I’d adjacent judge it if I get successful anyway. I conscionable privation to ore connected ranking events.

“I’ve been practising truly good the past mates of weeks but arsenic soon arsenic you get connected stage, it conscionable doesn’t happen.

“That’s conscionable due to the fact that of having nary confidence.

"But I’ve been successful positions wherever I’ve played good each twelvemonth and past rubbish successful the World Championships truthful fingers crossed it’s the different mode around.”

Price missed the caller Grand Slam, his astir palmy tourney successful the past.

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He added: “Sometimes it’s bully to person a break, but connected the different hand, I similar to usage my games arsenic my signifier due to the fact that I’m not a immense practicer.

“Having 3 weeks disconnected earlier the Players Championship didn’t help. I don’t signifier arsenic overmuch successful the location arsenic I should.

“Jonny Clayton lives miles distant truthful I haven’t truly got anyone to play against.”

The Premier League volition automatically diagnostic the apical 4 successful the world. That presently includes Luke Humphries, Luke Littler, Michael van Gerwen and Rob Cross.

Then determination are 4 chaotic paper picks from Sky Sports and the PDC.

Usually a subordinate who has won a large rubric the erstwhile twelvemonth has the amended accidental of getting a place, that would see De Decker and UK Open champ Dimitri Van den Bergh. Ritchie Edhouse was besides a daze victor of the European Championship.