Both men have met three times in the last few weeks with Luke Littler winning the most recent encounter 6-5 in Den Bosch.
Littler said: “After the World Championships my manager took me to one side and said do you want to do it and I answered back with why not”.
“It may never happen again, so to get the opportunity let’s grab it and take it while I can”, he added.
The seventeen-year-old will be sharing the Premier League stage with seven of the best players in the world, he said: “ I’ve already beaten five of them over the last two weeks, so I know I can beat anyone when I know I’m on it”.
“Also the seven other guys are going to be on it every week”, he said.
Since that World Championship final “The Nuke has already won his first title TV title of 2024 as he put aside Micheal van Gerwen in Bahrain to become the youngest World Series winner.
He said: “Going over to Bahrain and Den Bosch, gave me a lot of confidence as I have already beaten Gezzy (Gerwyn Price) twice and also beating both Michael Van Gerwen and Nathan Aspinall.”
“It’s just given me a confidence boost as I know how to beat them”, he added.
Last time out Littler lost to Michael Van Gerwen 6-5 in a unbelievable final, he said: “It was one of them, it went leg by leg and then at the end I went off 180, Michael comes back with a 180”.
“I hit sloppy scores which left me on a 170 and I missed the bull for the match.”
“It’s what Michael does to you, he’ll pressure you and then he’ll do a job on you”, he added.
Littler concluded with stating: “Even if I’m losing games with a 100 average never mind a 106 I’m happy”.
“I know my game is there right now, I loss with a 106 average over 14-15 legs, with this only being the first to six it suits me”.
“Whenever I practice at home I always do the best of 11 legs as that’s what the Pro Tour is like, he stated.
Words By Harry Tovey
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