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LUKE LITTLER has revealed the three-word message he received from Sir Alex Ferguson.
The darts sensation met the Manchester United legend during a trip to Old Trafford.
SmallerThe 17-year-old is a youth fan of the Red Devils and insisted he was getting a message encouragement from the retired manager.
However, the teenager admitted he struggled to ‘understand’ the 82-year-old Scot.
He told The Telegraph: “I didn’t really understand him.
“I heard him say: ‘keep hanging in there’.”
Ferguson isn’t the only Man United icon Littler has dealt with since entering the darts circuit.
He has also received messages from David Beckham which slipped into his DMs.
The darts star also came across F1 Director Lando Norriswho drove him around Silverstone.
Littler has insisted he tries to be himself despite being in the spotlight.
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He said: “Nobody really told me how to be myself – I just be myself.”
Littler will be paying extra attention to him this week, just like him nominated for the SPOTY award.
Second round draw (placed versus first round winner)
He’s up against people like England and Real Madrid football Judas BellinghamEnglish cricketer Joe RootOlympic stars Keely Hodgkinson and Alex Yee as well as Norris.
Littler will have to regain his focus quickly as the The PDC World Darts Championship starts on Sunday.
He is among the favorites to take the title at Ally Pally after being defeated Luke Humphries earlier this year.
BELOW you will find a list of darts world champions per year.
The list does not include winners from the pre-Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) era or BDO World Champions.
This means that, for example, Raymond van Barneveld only appears once – Barney also won four BDO titles – and none of Eric Bristow’s five BDO titles are included.
Most world titles
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