Darts sensation Luke Littler has left followers questioning “who’s older” after assembly Sir Alex Ferguson.
The 16-year-old’s unimaginable performances over the festive and new 12 months interval noticed him attain the ultimate of the Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship. Littler’s fairytale run led him to grow to be the youngest participant ever to succeed in the ultimate at Alexandra Palace earlier than falling quick to world no.1 Luke Humphries 7-4 on the final hurdle.
Luke ‘The Nuke’ grew to become a family identify because of his meteoric rise, with celebrities and numerous soccer stars changing into followers of {the teenager}. And he was invited to Old Trafford’s hospitality suite for Sunday’s Premier League conflict with Tottenham, the place he additionally met Manchester United’s legendary supervisor Sir Alex for the primary time.
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Littler, from Warrington, posed alongside Ferguson, who put his arm across the darts wonderkid and signed his particular jersey with ‘180’ on the again. The teen captioned it: “Thanks @ManUtd for today. Was great to meet the legend Sir Alex Ferguson.”
And whereas many commented on the wholesomeness of the images, others used the chance to make gentle of Littler wanting significantly older than his precise age.
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One X person joked: “Who’s older here? Genuinely can’t tell,” whereas one other tweeted: “Didn’t know littler had a younger brother.”
A 3rd United fan wrote: “They was in the same year at school,” whereas a fourth added: “Can’t imagine he is 16.”
Much has been said about Littler’s age as fans were stunned at both his incredible ability, physique and facial features at such a young age. But an image of his birth certificate surfaced on social media during the world championship to put those doubts to bed.
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The darts prodigy has made no secret of his love for the Red Devils, together with his help being a long-lasting legacy of Ferguson’s dominant 27-year reign on the membership. He even revealed earlier this month that his girlfriend purchased a pair of tickets for them to obtain a stadium tour at Old Trafford.
Littler’s assembly with the Scot got here simply days after snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan suggested {the teenager} to encompass himself with figures like Sir Alex to stop early success from attending to his head. “I feel if I had my time once more, I’d in all probability take the [Stephen] Hendry route and simply be all the time round an Alex Ferguson-type determine,” the seven-time world champion mentioned.