Luke Littler unveils plan to make darts history ahead of World Championships after ‘absolute whirlwind’ 12 months

LUKE LITTLER has revealed an ambitious program to spot him marque darts history.

The 17-year-old has already lit up the darts circuit aft bursting onto the country astatine the World Championships past year.

With little than a period to spell earlier his Ally Pally return, the Nuke has present outlined a stunning vocation nonsubjective to hitch the board.

Speaking to Sky Sports, helium said: "I've said it before, I privation to triumph 1 of each tourney determination is.

"[I privation to do] adjacent bigger and amended things and triumph aggregate titles each crossed the country."

Littler has already landed titles successful England with the Grand Slam of Darts, but volition beryllium hoping to spell 1 amended and triumph the World Championships this year.

While not a ranking PDC event, the Premier League saw Littler vie crossed the UK and Ireland, winning nights successful Belfast, Manchester, Liverpool, Aberdeen and London.

His World Series of Darts triumph successful September took spot successful Amsterdam to cheque that disconnected his list, though helium finished runner-up astatine the Dutch Masters earlier this twelvemonth and volition doubtless beryllium retired to triumph it adjacent year.

Meanwhile, helium has besides won the Bahrain Darts Masters and Poland Darts Masters, portion finishing runner-up successful the Australian Darts Masters.

His information successful the Players Championships and European Tour person besides landed him titles crossed respective countries, including Belgium and Austria.

Wins were besides forthcoming successful Wigan and Milton Keynes arsenic good arsenic Leicester successful the PDC Development Tour.

Littler present ranks No.5 successful the satellite rankings and could overtake Rob Cross for No.4 if helium wins the Player Championship finale this weekend.

His archetypal hostile successful the tourney is Cross himself.

Asked astir his explosive archetypal year, Littler said: "Ever since the runner-up astatine the Worlds, I got the Premier League call-up and I went connected to beryllium the champion.

"I yet won my play nighttime successful Belfast and ever since past it's been each joy. I'm enjoying myself."

Littler has been backed to go satellite champion this clip around, with some commenator Wayne Mardle and 16-time satellite champion (14 PDC, 2 BDO) Phil Taylor some believing helium is susceptible of it.

Mardle said: "Coming into this, it was Luke Humphries, he's the antheral to beat, he's the 1 that they've each got to benignant of get escaped of and get retired of the draw.

"Now it's Luke Littler and if Littler oregon Humphries goes retired aboriginal successful the Worlds, the different 1 goes arsenic the favourite immediately.

"The mode that Luke Littler has played this week, helium was playable.

"At times it was unplayable, particularly with Martin Lukeman and against Jermaine Wattemina, but 2 players person had a close bully spell astatine trying to bushed him and conscionable failed.

"It's not that they can't bushed Luke, it's conscionable the information that helium someway finds a mode to get implicit the line.

"In the long-format World Championship, he's going to beryllium hard to beat, helium truly is, and the different players cognize that."

The Power told talkSPORT: "I’ll archer you what though, if there’s anybody that could bash it, it’s this young lad now.

"He has got the property connected his broadside and the quality – you ne'er know. You ne'er cognize with him...

"I wouldn’t stake against him. Honestly, I wouldn’t stake against him. Definitely person him arsenic an each-way bet."