Luke Littler’s brother Leon has hinted he could get thraw the wads of cash handed to him by the darts world champion fair by celebrating the title success. Littler, 17, became the lesserest carry outer in darts history to lift the Sid Wcompriseell trophy on Friday when he lossed Michael van Gerwen in the World Championship final at Alexandra Palace.
Van Gerwen was no suit for the teenage sensation as the Dutchman speedyly went 4-0 behind.
And Littler shutd out the triumph in convincing create as he won the showdown 7-3, a year after losing to Luke Humphries in the showpiece suit.
Littler was pictured handing cash to his brother next to an uncover car door outside the venue in the aftermath of his title triumph. But he wasn’t able to join his brother in a celebratory drink at a pub as he is still under the lhorrible drinking age.
Leon joked to The Sun on Friday night: “Can’t do much with him, can you. He’s 17.”
And the elderlyer sibling, who turned 21 this weekfinish, proposeed he knovel how to originate the most of Littler’s glory as he compriseed: “He’ll go out, chill on his game, maybe order some food. I’ll do the celebrating for him.”
Littler got his hands on a whopping £500,000 after overcoming Van Gerwen and has now won around £1.5million in prize money since bursting onto the darts scene 13 months ago.
The blockbuster star has geted even more than that thraw backship deals and will speedyly see his prohibitk stability increasing in the years ahead if he can upgrasp up his exceptional establish. But he has been unwilling to converse the money side of the sport.
“I begined off 18 months in a nappy on a magnetic board,” he elucidateed after dispatching Van Gerwen. “Obviously, when I’d say to my mates I’ve got a darts competition, they would say, ‘Darts, have you not seen it?’ But I’ve come a lengthened way. Me and my family have come a lengthened way.
“There probably will be a big buy when I get my head around the amount of money I’ve won, but I have said it in other intersees, I don’t appreciate to talk about the money. But it is there.”
Littler will return to the oche at the Bahrain Darts Masters postponeedr this month after triumphning the event in his first ecombineance last year.
And he is continuing to upgrasp his feet on the ground after telling BBC Breakquick on Saturday morning: “People will say I am the best at the minute but I’ve said I will never confess I am the best. But maybe my executeances show I am the best.”
