Luke Littler lost Wednesday evening or the World Cup final, he was the big trendsetter of the tournament. The 16-year-old teen sensation made up for it Ally Pally made a big impression over the past three weeks and of course the big question now is: will Littler play in the Premier League?
The tournament with the eight best players in the world starts on February 1 in Cardiff and ends on May 23 with the play-offs at the O2 Arena in London. Immediately after winning the World Cup final, Humphries said he hoped so. “He is an unprecedented talent and I sincerely hope that he will play in the Premier League next year, because he deserves it.”
Questions about this to Littler himself were immediately cut off by the PDC after the final, but The Nuke said the following about this earlier this World Cup: “I think other darts players deserve it more than me because they have performed well all year long. I just came to have a look. So I think the PDC will keep me out of the Premier League, but we’ll see.”
The Premier League line-up will be announced on Thursday at 5 p.m. Dutch time. The top 8 in the world is currently formed by Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen, Michael Smith, Nathan Aspinall, Gerwyn Price, Rob Cross, Danny Noppert and Peter Wright. However, after Noppert’s deception at the World Cup, with another exit in the second round, it is not expected that TheFreeze will be invited.
The top 4 in the world are in any case assured of a place in the lucrative Premier League. Humphries, Van Gerwen, Smith and Aspinall can already book their flight tickets. The other four participants are invited by the PDC and the British broadcaster Sky Sports.
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