POWER HUNGRY

I'll only be the GOAT once I win more than Taylor's 32 classics says Littler

- BY DAMIAN SPELLMAN

LUKE LITTLER has conceded that he might one day become the best darts player the world has ever seen - but not until he has eclipsed Phil 'The Power' Taylor's glittering list of achievements.

World No.2 Luke Humphries (inset) described the 19-year-old world champion as “the greatest darts player that ever lived” after losing to him in the final of the World Masters on Sunday.

Littler was quick to insist that was not the case and that 16-time world champion Taylor would always occupy that elevated status.

However, asked why he felt that was the case as he prepared to launch his bid to regain the BetMGM Premier League title in Newcastle this evening - when he will face Gian van Veen - the teenager said: “It’s just he is the greatest, unless I go on and win 16 Worlds and 16 Match-plays.