Luke Littler confirms Darts World Championship aim with brilliant Man Utd quip
Luke Littler wants to win the World Darts Championship to show his beloved Manchester United how to win a trophy.
The 16-year-old has already made history after becoming the youngest player to reach the last 16 when he comfortably beat Canada's Matt Campbell 4-1 on Wednesday. And Littler is feeling confident about his chances of going all the way at Alexandra Palace.
Among his Christmas presents were two tickets for a stadium tour of Old Trafford he intends to go on once the tournament is over. "I got stuff for my Xbox, a controller, gift cards and two tickets for the Manchester United stadium tour, so I will go to that after the worlds," Littler said.
"Hopefully I'll show them how to win a trophy. I don't know too much about the Glazers, but the comeback against Aston Villa was good to watch."
Littler will take on either five-times world champion Raymond van Barneveld or Jim Williams in the last 16 and the teenager is looking forward to the challenge. "There is a video of me on YouTube when I was 18 months old doing Barney iconic celebration," he added.
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"I have always looked up to him, when I was younger I listened to his walk-on. I wasn't even born when he won his last title. It's crazy to think about that. Five world titles and he could be playing me?
"That would be just unbelievable. But Jim has knocked out Peter Wright, so they are both on good form and it should be a good game."
Luke Littler is hoping to win the World Darts Championship (Getty Images)Littler has already earned a guaranteed payout of £35,000 so far and could bank a whopping £500,000 if he does go on to lift the trophy. Speaking after his win over Campbell, Littler said: "I only wanted to win one game and I've won three.
"I've battled through it and I'm so happy. I just let my darts do the talking. As soon as I won that first game against Christian Kist I just settled and as soon as I went 2-0 up against Matt I tried to calm myself down because last time it didn't go too well.
"I kept composed and got over the line. I've always had it. You saw against Andrew Gilding I let loads of energy out when I went 2-0 up then he came back and won the set 3-0. It's more about just composing yourself."
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