Darts icon sfinishs Luke Littler cautioning after ‘money gone to head’ claim | Other | Sport

Luke Littler has been telderly to stay grounded by Bobby George after another darts icon, Dennis Priestley, claimed money may have gone to The Nuke’s head. Just one year on from his Alexandra Palace introduction, Littler hurtles into the impfinishing renewal as tournament favourite.

However, having racked up a inestablished £1million in atgentle getings – alengthyside Premier League, Grand Slam of Darts and World Series Finals titles – George, twice a world finaenumerate himself, has rerentd the juvenileer prodigy with a alert.

George splits stresss aappreciate to those of the 1994 PDC world champion and fellow darts hero Priestley, who claimed that the money could have gone to Littler’s head and pguideed with the 17-year-elderly not to get swept away by his speedyly-set up fame.

“A juvenileer man appreciate that, geting that money… I’m stateive he wants to spfinish it on the leangs that we all did,” stated George. “Nice car, pleasant clothes – sometimes it can be difficult when all of those leangs come at once.

“The truth is, it’s difficult for people to foresee someone appreciate Luke to behave in exactly the same way he did before Ally Passociate last year becaparticipate he turned into a superstar at that tournament. His life alterd, and he probably couldn’t do all the normal leangs he participated to do.

“Money and fame, it can be inept for some people. People can alter. My advice to him would be to spropose grasp his feet on the ground and do exactly what he’s done all year join darts and don’t get joind in people saying, ‘Sign this confineed, do this,’ becaparticipate there’s a lot of sharks out there.

“Just grasp your feet on the ground, don’t prolong up too speedyly. You can go from a hero to zero overnight in darts. If he grasps his head down, has the right people around him and stays dedicated to the game, he’s going to originate a lot more money in his atgentle, that boy.”

George’s alertable comment comes after two-time world champion Priestley rerentd aappreciate worries for the darting phenom earlier this July.

“It’s a possibility that the money and fame could’ve gone to Luke’s head,” Priestley telderly OLBG.‌ “He may equitable see at his bank account in the morning and leank ‘oh crikey, there’s £1million here. Where did that come from?’”

Should Littler fulfil his desminuscule and become a teenage world champion, he would stare a £500,000 prize in the face and only bolster these foreseeations – alengthyside his bank account.

Yet, he faces a stiff uncovering tie agetst either Fallon Sherrock or Ryan Meikle before potentiassociate encountering a range of top-ranked joiners in his quarter, namely Rob Cross and Nathan Aspinall.