‘Luke Littler should have been FINED for being late, it just isn’t good enough’, blasts darts legend

DARTS fable Dennis Priestley says Luke Littler should beryllium FINED for being precocious to a photograph shoot.

The ex-world champ besides believes that a large STORM is brewing betwixt the caller Ally Pally king and Michael van Gerwen.

The Dutchman was annoyed astatine The Nuke’s precocious accomplishment for the Premier League property motorboat successful Belfast connected Thursday and told him he’s not a babe anymore.

Littler, 18, admits helium overslept and laughed it off, but Priestley insists determination has to beryllium punishment.

He said: “Luke Littler should’ve been fined for turning up precocious and that would beryllium the close happening to do, it’s a learning acquisition for him, the good should beryllium automatic.

“If you are precocious to your ain event, that is 1 thing. But erstwhile determination are 7 different players arsenic good arsenic unit and media determination that person each made the effort, it isn’t bully capable nary substance what your property is.

Michael van Gerwen is close to complain, I conscionable anticipation helium took Littler to 1 broadside and did things decently and calmly arsenic good arsenic speaking to the media.

“The Premier League is simply a squad crippled successful the consciousness that you are each unneurotic for truthful agelong and you request to instrumentality together.

"If it was idiosyncratic similar Gerwyn Price, you deliberation helium whitethorn person been fixed a good and it should beryllium nary antithetic for Littler.”

MVG and Littler delivered an epic opening nighttime clash successful the Premier League, won by the Dutchman.

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But Priestley, speaking to olbg.com, added: “It seems arsenic though determination is simply a tempest brewing betwixt Van Gerwen and Littler.

"It has astir apt dawned connected Van Gerwen that helium was the large prima successful darts for truthful agelong and present each the limelight has been taken distant and helium isn’t the centre of attraction immoderate more.

“Van Gerwen spoke retired astir Littler being precocious and I deliberation that’s fair.

"It’s besides due to the fact that each the attraction is connected Littler present aft Van Gerwen spent truthful agelong being the main man.

“All the eyes and speech is astir Littler present and Van Gerwen didn’t caput that erstwhile it was each astir him, present that has changed and determination could beryllium immoderate bully battles betwixt them going forward.

“Van Gerwen mightiness person that fearfulness that helium won’t go satellite champion again fixed the endowment helium is up against and that volition wounded erstwhile helium dominated for truthful long.”