Luke Littler admits he dreams of owning football club – and names who he would buy

Luke Littler has admitted that helium hopes to put successful a section shot squad adjacent to his heart, pursuing successful the footsteps of different superstars similar Ryan Reynolds and Tom Brady

Luke Littler has admitted that helium dreams of owning his ain shot club.

The teenage sensation, who has already amassed a luck from his darts prowess - including clinching January's PDC World Championship - is considering investing successful his section broadside Warrington Town. 'The Nuke' told the Daily Star: "It would beryllium an concern for myself successful the coming years.

"I've got a section team. Warrington Town, who are successful National League North... possibly that could beryllium an thought for the future." At conscionable 18, Littler - a die-hard Manchester United instrumentality - isn't looking to splash each his winnings but alternatively commencement modestly with a nine adjacent to his heart.

If helium goes ahead, he'll articulation the ranks of celebrities similar Ryan Reynolds, who, on with Rob McElhenney, has turned Welsh squad Wrexham's fortunes around, and sports stars Tom Brady and JJ Watt, who person stakes successful Birmingham and Burnley.

Littler, who is besides a protagonist of rugby league's Warrington Wolves, volition spot the team's stadium renamed the Luke Littler Stadium for their Super League opener against Catalans Dragons connected February 21, wherever he'll beryllium the impermanent of honour.

However, not everyone's throwing praise his way; darts fable Michael van Gerwen has criticised the young prima for his tardiness astatine a Premier League media lawsuit successful Belfast. Littler admitted to oversleeping owed to a greeting nap, which near his competitors hanging.

Van Gerwen weighed in, saying: "They request to halt treating him arsenic a baby. He's not a babe immoderate more. It's a nonrecreational athletics truthful you person to beryllium liable for your actions arsenic well, elemental arsenic that."

Littler volition anticipation to usage Van Gerwen's words to substance him erstwhile helium takes to the oche connected Thursday evening to look the Dutchman connected the opening nighttime of Premier League Darts. It comes arsenic the pair's 3rd gathering successful 2025 frankincense far, with Littler beating his hostile 7-3 successful the last of the PDC World Championship successful January, earlier defeating him 6-3 astatine the Dutch Darts Masters aboriginal successful the month.