IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN AN ACT OF CON TO BEAT ME!

Prem Crown on the line tonight and Littler vows chip-shop owner Price won't batter him

- BY MIKE WALTERS

LUKE LITTLER wants to land another big fish when he defends his BetMGM Premier League crown tonight but chip shop owner Gerwyn Price is out to batter him.

While Luke the Nuke has been chilling at the top of the table for almost four months, the 'Iceman' prepared for their semi-final in the play-offs at London's O2 arena by frying the 14oz jumbo cod at his Chippy 501 takeaway in Markham.

And Littler, who was surprised to learn of fellow qualifier Nathan Aspinall plans to retire in five years, insisted: “I'm going nowhere - I'll still be here in 10 years.”

The Warrington wizard has turned reeling in the big fish - a maximum 170 checkout - into his trademark celebration.

He would need a huge landing net to rake in a possible £335,000 jackpot from this year’s tournament (£275,000 prize money plus six £10,000 bonus payments for winning six nights of the 16-week league campaign).