It's double Topps for the win

You bank one million at just 18 so what's first on wish list? You guessed it... football trading cards

- BY RICHARD LEWIS

IT'S the morning after the mauling and Luke Littler is a man very much in demand.

But with every question thrown at him from media outlets home and abroad, there is no panic to rush out an answer.

Every reply is considered, even if he might've had only a few hours sleep after ordering “£150 of pizzas for everyone”, has not been home since Boxing Day and his beloved Manchester United would soon be kicking off against Leeds.

Twelve hours earlier, Littler was equally impressive - and not just in his stunning destruction of Gian van Veen to retain the Sid Waddell trophy and become only the fourth player to win the PDC World Championship back-to-back.

The world - with as much interest in New Zealand as in Newmarket - might have seen Littler at his best to win the final 7-1 at Alexandra Palace in 43 minutes of spectacular darts.

But it was amid the cacophony of noise, flashing lights and the chanting from those in a 'Littler Wonderland' as he secured victory that the teenager showed a side of himself that says everything about him as a person.