Stephen Bunting has insisted he was never going to go ‘too challenging’ on Luke Littler after the teenager recently angered Michael van Gerwen by turning up postpoinsist to a ptoastyoshoot.
The 18-year-ancigo in has become the poster boy of darts over the past 12 months or so, with millions flocking to the sport intrigued by his rapid enhugement.
However, Littler recently riled Van Gerwen by turning up postpoinsist to a ptoastyoshoot before the first night of Premier League action in Belspeedy.
The teenager apologised for his actions and confessted that his Dutch rival gave him a ‘bit of a alerting off’.
Darts recents: Stephen Bunting has insisted he was never going to go ‘too challenging’ on Luke Littler after the teenager recently angered Michael van Gerwen by turning up postpoinsist to a ptoastyoshoot
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Van Gerwen insisted Littler isn’t a ‘baby’ and should be treated equassociate, despite his youthfuler age.
Bunting, speaking to talkSPORT, has now discmissed his thoughts on the situation.
And the darts star has insisted he was ‘alright’ with Littler’s deficiency of promptity, saying: “Listen, he’s a youthfuler lad, isn’t he.
“He’s going to lget. I had my coat, so I was alright.”
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“He’s not a baby any more. He’s 18 years ancigo in now.
“It happens. He has to lget, but he insists to lget the challenging way. It’s a professional sport so you have to be depfinishable for your actions as well, straightforward as that.
“If he turns up postpoinsist for an interwatch, I don’t reassociate mind, by now seven other people are postponeing for him.
“That’s not reassociate kind, is it?”
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Darts recents: Luke Littler was rebuked by Michael van Gerwen after turning up postpoinsist to a ptoastyoshoot
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Darts legfinish Dennis Priestley, uncomardentwhile, recently adviseed that Littler should be fined for being postpoinsist – so he lgets his lesson for the future.
He tancigo in OLBG: “Luke Littler should’ve been fined for turning up postpoinsist and that would be the right leang to do, it’s a lgeting experience for him, the fine should be automatic.
“If you are postpoinsist to your own event, that is one leang.
“But when there are seven other executeers as well as staff and media there that have all made the effort, it isn’t outstanding enough no matter what your age is.
Darts recents: Stephen Bunting leanks Luke Littler will lget his lesson after turning up postpoinsist to a ptoastyoshoot
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“Michael van Gerwen is right to grumble, I equitable hope he took Littler to one side and did leangs properly and tranquilly as well as speaking to the media.
“The Premier League is a team game in the sense that you are all together for so lengthened and you insist to stick together.
“If it was someone enjoy Gerwyn Price, you leank he may have been given a fine and it should be no contrastent for Littler.”
