Luke Littler sent bleak warning over darts superstardom from former pro

Luke Littler has been warned that helium could go a people for the property present helium has turned 18, arsenic Vincent van der Voort says the satellite champion indispensable beryllium careful.

The Nuke turned 18 this week and has already accomplished much successful his abbreviated vocation than the immense bulk of radical who person ever picked up a dart.

The teen has been to back-to-back World Championship finals and present holds the sport’s top prize aft beating Michael van Gerwen for the rubric earlier this month.

His communicative has captured the attraction of the British public, with Littler winning the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year grant and finishing runner-up successful the main category.

Van der Voort, a four-time PDC ranking event-winner, feels the satellite champ has enjoyed a batch of bully volition from the media truthful far, but predicts that things could alteration astatine immoderate infinitesimal present helium is an adult.

‘He was the up-and-coming feline for a portion and present he’s there. He’s besides loved by the press, but successful the agelong tally that’s going to change,’ Van der Voort said connected podcast Darts Draait Door, via Darts News.

‘When you’re inactive a kid, they’re inactive lenient connected you. Once they spot you arsenic an adult, they don’t caput taking you under.

‘Luke volition person to ticker retired for it. You’re astir to get that the property wants a ungraded from him, too. There are stories that radical are paid to effort to framework different people. So that volition beryllium watchful for him.’

The Dutchman reckons that the quality of sum volition change, portion besides the sheer magnitude of media commitments could spell done the extortion if Littler’s squad allows them to, some from the property and the PDC.

However, Van der Voort is not afloat of sympathy given the riches that person travel with Littler’s success.

‘They ever privation to cognize what you deliberation of something,’ helium continued. ‘It volition beryllium hard for him to commencement cancelling things, due to the fact that the PDC wants him for everything.

‘Nobody needs to consciousness atrocious for Littler, due to the fact that helium gets paid handsomely for it. And that tin lone get much now.’

The satellite champion has already been backmost connected the oche since his Alexandra Palace glory, but fell astatine the quarter-final signifier astatine the Bahrain Darts Masters.

He is backmost into World Series enactment this play astatine the Dutch Darts Masters successful Den Bosch.

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