‘It’s one of the best things I’ve ever done’ – Luke Littler opens up on visit to Man Utd and chat with Sir Alex Ferguson

LUKE LITTLER says parading the Sid Waddell Trophy at Old Trafford was 1 of the highlights of his life.

Diehard Manchester United instrumentality The Nuke earned an invitation to their location Premier League clash with Brighton past month.

The Red Devils mislaid 3-1 connected an affectional juncture for the club as legend Denis Law had passed away days earlier, aged 84.

Littler, 18, became darts’ youngest world  champion by beating Michael van Gerwen 7-3 successful the Ally Pally last astatine the commencement of this year.

And celebrating astatine half-time with chap United fans was special.

He said: “It was astir apt 1 of the champion moments of my beingness and volition unrecorded with maine for ever.

“I was scheduled to parade the trophy earlier kick-off but Denis Law had passed away. There was an bare spot determination wherever Denis would person sat connected matchday.

“I sat behind Sir Alex Ferguson and was  chatting to him for a  bit, which was good. It’s 1 of the champion things I person ever done.”

At United — suffering 1 of their worst-ever top-flight seasons — determination is tremendous scrutiny connected the players to execute each week.

Littler, who boasts 1.8million Instagram followers, knows what that unit feels similar and  has a people connected his backmost present astatine the oche.

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Asked if helium had immoderate proposal for United’s young stars connected coping with fame and fortune, helium said:  “I conscionable don’t perceive to societal media — that’s one of the big  things.

“In the shot world, it’s wholly different. You have  to support your caput down. When it’s a darts game, you are connected your own. When it’s United, you person a full squad astir you, truthful indispensable instrumentality together.”

The satellite No 2 travels to Belfast contiguous for tomorrow’s opening nighttime of the Premier League Darts.

This is the commencement of 16 consecutive Thursday nights of  enactment involving 8 apical players.

The head-to-heads are dispersed crossed 7 countries earlier the play-offs astatine London’s O2 connected week 17.

And the defending champion’s quarter-final hostile successful Northern Ireland is Van Gerwen, who volition beryllium eyeing revenge for Ally Pally.

The Warrington lad, who won the Prem rubric successful 2024 successful his debut season, said: “What I did successful my archetypal twelvemonth connected circuit was unbelievable.

“With each the trophies and  large titles that  I person to defend, you cognize what to expect. It’s going to beryllium a precise agelong year.

“We play immoderate tournaments down closed doors. Us players rather play successful beforehand of a crowd.

“This is the lone athletics wherever the fans are ever down you [as you throw]. It does adhd that  pressure.

“But I perfectly emotion it erstwhile determination are tens of thousands of fans successful the arena — and I can’t hold for the Premier League to begin.

“There’s  pressure  to support the trophy but it’s a agelong 16 weeks. As agelong arsenic I get successful the apical four, I spell to the O2 for the semi-finals.”

Littler’s United joyousness comes aft the ace had a STADIUM named aft him — but lone for 24 hours.

His section rugby nine — Warrington Wolves — volition honour his accomplishment by renaming the Halliwell Jones Stadium for their Super League opener against the Catalan Dragons aboriginal this month.

Lifelong Wolves instrumentality Littler said: “It’s a imagination travel existent that the nine I’ve been a instrumentality of since I was young has decided to sanction the stadium aft maine for a night!

“It’s an implicit honour and I can’t convey the nine enough.”

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