Luke Littler to parade Ally Pally trophy at Old Trafford as Man Utd mourn Denis Law

Manchester United volition invited PDC World Champion Luke Littler to Old Trafford for their Premier League crippled against Brighton connected Sunday - a lucifer that volition besides incorporate tributes for Denis Law

Luke Littler volition assistance the pall of grief implicit Old Trafford by parading his PDC World Championship trophy connected a thigh of honour connected Sunday.

As Manchester United mourns all-time large Denis Law, Luke the Nuke volition amusement disconnected the Sid Waddell Trophy arsenic impermanent of honour astatine the crippled with Brighton. United instrumentality Littler, who turns 18 connected Tuesday, became the youngest darts world champion successful past erstwhile helium hammered Michael van Gerwen 7-3 successful the final astatine Alexandra Palace a fortnight ago.

And connected Sunday day helium volition fulfil a boyhood imagination by milking the adulation of 75,000 fans astatine the Theatre of Dreams. He is not expected to sojourn the location dressing country oregon present immoderate pep-talks to Ruben Amorim’s broadside earlier kick-off, but nine officials program to invitation him into the interior sanctum to conscionable the players aft the match.

Littler’s archetypal tourney arsenic reigning satellite champion ended successful disappointment connected Friday night, erstwhile he was knocked retired of the Bahrain Darts Masters by an inspired Gerwyn Price successful the quarter-finals. Price went connected to suffer successful the last against Stephen Bunting, but the Iceman’s 115.31 mean successful his 3rd consecutive triumph against Littler was astir unplayable.

The Warrington teenage sensation posted connected X: “Not my nighttime but large crippled @‌Gezzyprice – heading location for a fewer days past looking guardant to the Dutch Darts Masters.”

Littler’s magic carpet thrust to the satellite rubric capped a fairytale 12 months successful which helium reached the Ally Pally last arsenic a 16-year-old, won 10 elder titles successful his archetypal twelvemonth arsenic a professional, banked £1.5million successful prize wealth and took darts to unprecedented levels of coolness.

In 2024, helium was granted an assemblage with United royalty Sir Alex Ferguson and played darts with the players astatine the club’s Carrington grooming ground.

But helium skipped the FA Cup last triumph implicit Manchester City for fearfulness of being mobbed connected Wembley Way aft winning the Premier League 48 hours earlier, and resolved to gain his ain thigh of honour astatine Old Trafford by becoming satellite champion. The Nuke begins his defence of the Premier League successful Belfast connected February 6.

He is simply a immense United instrumentality and trolled Liverpool erstwhile Amorim arrived to regenerate Erik 10 Hag backmost successful November. "I was connected the small formation radar. It was the No.1 tracked formation with similar 6,400 people," helium told Sky Sports.

"I've been focusing connected both... mostly this! I don't cognize whether helium is going to bash a job, but we've got him successful for immoderate reason. Obviously, helium didn't privation to spell to Liverpool past play oregon West Ham either, truthful helium chose us."

It hasn’t gone to program for Amorim yet, but United travel into their crippled against Brighton connected the backmost of wins implicit Arsenal successful the FA Cup and Southampton successful the Premier League.

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