Littler informed he is ‘almost conceited’ & wants steering like Sir Alex gave Ronaldo
Luke Littler has been branded “nearly arrogant” with the darts prodigy urged to search out steering.
The 17-year-old has emerged as among the best gamers on the planet since his exceptional run within the PDC World Championship earlier this yr, the place he grew to become the youngest participant ever to succeed in the ultimate by which Luke Humphries triumphed.
He’s already claimed a PDC world sequence title when defeating Michael van Gerwen to win the Bahrain Darts Masters in January. But his fast ascent has additionally seen the teenager topic to criticism, with Ricardo Pietreczko branding him “arrogant” after shedding to him within the semi-final of the Belgian Masters final week.
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While Littler claimed he was unaware of why the German participant was indignant, former world-renowned sports activities agent Andrew ‘Chubby’ Chandler has mentioned that it is apparent the teenager is “talking too much”.
Speaking to BetIdeas.com, Chandler – who managed the likes of Rory McIlroy and Freddie Flintoff – mentioned Littler might do with some clever steering like Cristiano Ronaldo obtained as a teenager from Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
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“For a week, two weeks after the World Darts Championship he was at Anfield, he was at Old Trafford, he was meeting Fergie. He was living the dream and that’s tough on a kid like that to stay grounded,” the previous golf participant mentioned.
“I remember going to Cheltenham Races in a helicopter with Sir Alex, and I asked him, I said ‘I’ve got this lad, Rory McIlroy, you’ve had Cristiano Ronaldo, how did you treat him and what should I be looking at for Rory?’.
”And it was all about hangers on, he mentioned he wouldn’t enable Ronaldo to have any hangers on by any means, and he made certain he didn’t do a lot media as a result of at that age he can solely say the fallacious factor.
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“I listened, Sir Alex is Sir Alex, he has got the trophies. It was very interesting and it is very obvious that Luke Littler is talking too much and is behaving like a 17-year-old.”
The 70-year-old went as far to say that Littler is “nearly” conceited and will maybe do with some clever recommendation from rival and pal Humphries.
“He nearly is, isn’t he? Luke Humphries, I think they’re in the same stable. Luke Humphries has got to put his arm around him and just help him, because if not he’s just going to get taken here and taken there, and 1) just do too much, and 2) talk too much,” the 70-year-old added.
