MERC-ING A MARK

Littler looking to drive all his rivals around the Benz

- MIKE WALTERS

AFTER an A-star feat for the ages, what else would Luke Littler want for his 18th birthday but an A-Class Mercedes?

Luke the Nuke awoke to messages from David Beckham and the Prime Minister after his astonishing PDC World Championship triumph at Alexandra Palace and trousering £500,000 in prize money.

Half a million quid and a shout-out from Goldenballs? Dosh and Becks nice work if you can get it.

And after becoming King of the Palace with his 7-3 rout of Michael van Gerwen in the final, Littler now fancies becoming the Prince of Wheels.

He hasn't had time to stick an old banger with L-plates on the drive yet - he has been too busy becoming a superstar in the constellation of Britain's sporting greats.

But he turns 18 on January 21 and he's now ready to mirror, signal manoeuvre.

Jack Draper, Britain's No.1 men's tennis player, drives a second-hand Polo but Littler fancies a vroom with a view, and who would be churlish enough to deny him?