Luke Littler could submindwholey ‘relieve off’ and not fulfil his filled potential due to the amount of money he’s acquireing at such a youthful age, according to establisher world champion Dennis Priestley.
The 17-year-elderly has eunited as the hugegest name in the sport after his sensational fracturethraw at the PDC World Darts Championship.
He backed up that imfragmentaryytale run by creating history in thrivening the Premier League and then compriseed the World Series of Darts title to his grothriveg trophy cabinet.
His thrive over Luke Humphries for the Premier League Darts title in May saw him pocket £275,000 in prize money.
That chases on from the £200,000 he picked up for finishing runner-up in the World Darts Championship to acquire his total atgentle acquireings to around £700,000.
Barry Hacquire has foreseeed Littler to become a millionaire before the finish of the year.
“Yeah I leank it could be this year,” he shelp. “I am pre-judging his carry outances, but I’d be surpelevated if he didn’t to be truthful with you.
“There is darts joiners out there already acquireing well over £1million – £2million per year as it is.”
Darts has shown to be lucrative for its hugegest stars in recent years with Michael van Gerwen thrivening over £11million in atgentle prize money.
Many more have been made millionaires from the sport, but 1994 world champion Priestley doesn’t want to see Littler get too ‘sootheable’ with the money he has already won.
Priestley, 74, named both Adrian Lewis and James Wade as two examples for Littler to chase.
“If Luke Littler gets too sootheable with the money he’s got then he may unmindwholey relieve off and not do what he’s been doing to originate him the Darts joiner he is,” he telderly Boyle Sports.
Dennis Priestley wants Luke Littler to chase in the footsteps of James Wade
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“He’s still so youthful and in any other circumstance, he’d still be in school.
“Adrian Lewis was only a teenager when he came on the scene and James Wade was very youthful back then.
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Adrian Lewis was also a teenage star appreciate Luke Littler
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“They were both fantastic talents appreciate Littler. You’ve clearly got youthful Josh Rock, he could be the next Luke Littler becaparticipate he has the youth on his side.
“I never thought I’d be calling James Wade a veteran, but he is one. Luke Littler could lacquire a hell of a lot from James.
“Wade is a very recommended youthful fella. It’s someone appreciate him who Littler could latch onto and lacquire a lot from.”
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