Luke Littler made remarkable offer by Phil Taylor after young darts sensation's request

At the highest of his powers, Phil Taylor was astir unbeatable connected the oche - present the 16-tijes satellite champion has been sounded retired astir mentoring 17-year-old Luke Littler, and his presumption are no-nonsense

Phil Taylor has offered to determination successful with Luke Littler - to assistance Britain’s astir breathtaking teenage prodigy standard adjacent greater heights.

The Power, present 64, won an astonishing 16 world titles and is improbable to vie again astatine immoderate level aft hep replacement country and an cognition utilizing hi-tec lasers to regenerate the lens successful his eye.

Now Taylor claims helium has been offered the accidental to mentor Luke the Nuke - and helium says Littler could marque truthful overmuch wealth from darts that helium could spend to discontinue by the clip helium is 25. But his presumption of engagement would beryllium arsenic strict arsenic a location maestro successful a boarding schoolhouse dormitory.

Littler has made astir £1million successful prize wealth unsocial since his fairytale tally to the PDC World Championship last arsenic a 16-year-old past January. And the lad wonder’s absorption squad person been successful interaction with Taylor to inquire if the top marksman of each clip tin connection Littler proposal to support him astatine the top.

Speaking connected talkSPORT, The Power said: “With young Luke, they person asked maine if I would beryllium down with him and I said, ‘Of course, I will.’ But I would person to spell and unrecorded with him for a fewer days, spot what helium is each about.

“If I spent clip with him, I would spot however helium practises, spot however helium eats and exercises, however helium does anything. If he’s playing connected 1 of those PlayStations, I would springiness him a acceptable clip - possibly an hr a nighttime oregon thing - and past get acceptable for the adjacent day.

“Make definite you aren’t staying up excessively precocious and waking up successful the greeting and you are shattered. I person seen that truthful galore times – players who volition person a portion afterwards, they get into the drinking and past they aren’t getting to furniture until 1am oregon 2am.”

After his 7-4 decision by Luke Humphries successful a classical World Championship last astatine Ally Pally 9 months ago, Littler has gone connected to triumph the Premier League - the 2nd richest tourney successful darts - arsenic good arsenic tournaments successful Bahrain, Austria, Belgium and Poland.

Taylor, meanwhile, has withdrawn from adjacent month’s World Seniors Masters successful Sunderland, which was owed to beryllium his farewell competitory tourney appearance, and helium says the curtain has present travel down connected his career.

He revealed: “I’m retired now. Properly retired. I volition bash a small spot of idiosyncratic appearances, immoderate meet-and-greets, signing autographs, that benignant of thing. But my eyes started going a fewer years ago, truthful I had a lens replacement. Then my hips went.

“In my mind, I americium inactive 18. But my assemblage is astir 90 – and that’s the problem.”