SNOOKER legend Ronnie O’Sullivan has suggested darts prodigy Luke Littler to discover a robust mentor as he seems to offers with the trimmings of teenage fame.
Many have drawn parallels between O’Sullivan and Littler, given O’Sullivan additionally hit it large in his sport at a younger age.
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O’Sullivan grew to become the youngest particular person ever to win a UK Snooker Championship title in 1993, at simply 17.
And Littler went agonisingly near emulating that this month when he reached the PDC World Darts Championship remaining at 16.
And O’Sullivan has stated that Littler ought to now discover a mentor just like Sir Alex Ferguson to keep away from going off the rails.
Whereas O’Sullivan at all times maintained a very good degree of efficiency and is enjoying effectively into his 40s, his battles with psychological well being and habit alongside his enjoying profession are effectively publicised.
He informed SportBoom.com that if he had his time once more, he would emulate his former snooker rival Stephen Hendry and rent a very good supervisor.
O’Sullivan stated: ”I believe if I had my time once more, I’d most likely take the Hendry route and simply be at all times round an Alex Ferguson kind determine.
”I’d undoubtedly select to do issues otherwise. So, simply hold your ft on the bottom should you can and simply hold good folks round.”
PDC veteran James Wade additionally had his personal phrases of recommendation for Littler.
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Chatting with The Each day Star, he inspired the budding famous person to maintain his ft on the bottom.
He stated: ”We’ve seen this earlier than when folks like Josh Rock emerged solely to get caught up within the fanfare after which take a couple of years to regulate.
”I can perceive the PDC’s need to place Luke into the Premier League (he’s their most marketable asset at current) however that roadshow is a lonely and tiring place and I actually hope that it doesn’t come at the price of burn-out for the remainder of his profession.
”He deserves to be nurtured as a result of it’s a nice story, and he might become a prime, prime participant for a very long time.”