Michael van Gerwen issues brutal advice to darts prodigy, 10, after revealing plans to emulate Luke Littler

MICHAEL VAN GERWEN told ten-year-old darts prodigy Owen Bryceland: Learn from your mistakes.

Scottish wonderkid Bryceland made headlines this period aft hitting a record-breaking mean of 104.86 en way to winning a Foundation Tour event.

He wants to emulate Luke Littler by playing astatine nan PDC World Championship successful six years’ time.

Three-time world champ Van Gerwen, 34, said: “What nan kid has done is nice. It’s bully for darts.

“It’s bully to thief nan adjacent procreation but they person to make nan mistakes themselves.

“Then they study nan most. That will thief them successful nan agelong run. You request to springiness yourself nan clip for nan sport.

“We play successful large venues now successful beforehand of millions of viewers astir nan world.”

Littler crashed to a 6-3 nonaccomplishment to Michael Smith successful nan quarter-finals of Night 12 successful nan Premier League.

The early exit successful Rotterdam sees nan Nuke driblet to 2nd successful nan standings down world champion Luke Humphries.

Meanwhile, Van Gerwen is narrowly holding connected to nan 4th play-off berth aft losing his ain quarter-final to Humphries.

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Cool Hand was beaten successful nan past 4 by eventual nightly victor Nathan Aspinall, who beat Smith 6-4 successful Thursday's final.

Just four nights stay earlier nan play-offs, starting pinch nighttime 13 successful Liverpool adjacent week.

First, though, Littler and Van Gerwen are successful action successful Germany this play arsenic nan European Tour continues.

The teen makes his return arsenic a circuit paper qualifier astatine nan European Darts Grand Prix successful Sindelfingen.

He takes connected German Arno Merk successful information one, pinch Humphries awaiting nan winner.

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