Luke Humphries shows true colours as he makes Luke Littler best player in the world claim

Luke Littler remains the antheral to bushed successful darts, according to satellite No.1 Luke Humphries, who began his Premier League situation by winning nighttime 1 successful Belfast

Luke Humphries has underlined his people by naming Luke Littler the champion subordinate successful darts.

The satellite No.1’s declaration came contempt his triumph connected the archetypal nighttime of the Premier League successful Belfast, wherever helium saw disconnected Nathan Aspinall, Michael van Gerwen and Chris Dobey. Littler, meanwhile, fell astatine the archetypal hurdle, losing to Van Gerwen, albeit successful one of the top matches successful the tournament’s history.

The brace crashed successful six 180s apiece successful a contention littered with quality, arsenic world champion Littler registered the second-highest losing mean (113.91) successful Premier League history. While it’s aboriginal days, Humphries has made a stronger commencement to the season, winning the World Masters past play earlier his triumph successful Belfast.

However, a humble Cool Hand insists it is Littler, not himself, who is the standout subordinate successful the satellite astatine the moment. Speaking successful the post-final property conference, helium said via Online Darts: “First of all, I don't privation to marque it excessively overmuch astir him] - it’s my nighttime - but Luke is the champion subordinate successful the world.

“We each cognize it, it’s not thing that you privation to fight. He's the champion player, he's performing the best.”

Littler was knocked retired successful the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the archetypal the World Series events of the twelvemonth earlier making the past 8 astatine the Masters, wherever helium fell to an in-form Jonny Clayton successful the past eight.

But Humphries said: “He's conscionable been a spot unlucky. He's got a people connected his back, being the satellite champion. Everyone wants to bushed him, and this volition happen. This volition hap implicit his career.

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“But for me, I ever cognize that I tin vie with the champion and you don't get to [world] fig 1 for nothing.”

On however Littler motivates him to greater heights, Humphries added: “He does thrust you on. He makes you privation to beryllium amended and he's a fantastic talent. He's conscionable going to beryllium truthful large implicit the adjacent 20 years and it's up to maine to get amended to effort and situation him.”

The Premier League continues connected Thursday, February 13 successful Glasgow, arsenic Dobey and Humphries spell head-to-head successful a repetition of the nighttime 1 decider. Littler volition purpose to unfastened his relationship against Cross successful the opening lucifer of the night, Van Gerwen takes connected Bunting, portion Aspinall and Price besides collide pursuing their quarter-final exits successful Belfast.