Darts teen Luke Littler has been warned to take care of his cash if he needs to retire at a younger age.
Littler, 17, banked himself a good-looking £200,000 when he reached the closing of the Paddy Power PDC World Darts Championship in his competitors debut. He has gone to attain another good-looking prizes by successful the Bahrain Masters and reaching Premier League darts, the place he’s at the moment joint second within the desk with Michael Smith.
However, two-time world champion Dennis Priestley believes the teenage darts dream must be savvy along with his funds, if he needs to keep away from drifting right into a monetary nightmare. His feedback notably ring true contemplating Littler has additionally beforehand stated he might fortunately retire early, if he makes sufficient cash and achieves all he needs to in darts.
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“If Luke Littler really wants to retire from darts in 10-15 years, then looking after his money is exactly what he needs to be doing,” Priestly stated on behalf of OLBG. “It all will depend on the folks round him and the way they will make investments his enormous winnings.
“I hope the PDC are serving to Luke and giving him the fitting recommendation too. Gary, the proprietor of Target Darts, will earn Luke Littler some huge cash. He was distinctive for Phil Taylor.
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The darts sensation was solely 16 when he wowed Alexandra Palace on the World Darts Championship (WDC), regardless of a closing loss to Luke Humphries.
The Nuke will proceed taking part in towards seven of the perfect dart gamers on this planet — Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Gerwyn Price, Michael Smith, Nathan Aspinall, Rob Cross and Peter Wright — in a mini-tournament in a unique metropolis each Thursday till the ultimate in May.
“Whether Luke will earn as a lot as Phil, I’m unsure. Taylor should’ve received one thing like £12million. If Littler needs to earn that determine then he must be on the high of his recreation for 15 years to match that.”
Littler has arguably become the biggest name in darts since his meteoric rise at Ally Pally. While his ascent has been breathtaking, Priestley also said his rivals will be extra-motivated to get one on him.
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“Yes, gamers shall be jealous of Luke Littler,” Priestley added. “Obviously it is going to be attending to them {that a} younger man has come on the scene and brought all of the limelight away.
“I do know the ‘Luke Littler mania’ spurred Michael Van Gerwen on as a result of he is began to knuckle down and exhibiting his potential once more. Littler is certainly upsetting plenty of the highest boys.”