9 months ago
Snooker prima Luca Brecel has admitted to splashing his money connected supercars successful a bid to consciousness a 'bit of pressure' successful caller times.
Brecel became a recognised sanction successful nan athletics aft winning this year's World Snooker Championship by defeating Mark Selby 18-15 successful nan final.
Following his triumph astatine nan Crucible, Brecel pocketed £500,000 ($622,000) successful 1 of nan astir lucrative pay-outs of his master career.
However, he has since revealed that he's splashed retired connected luxury cars and trips astir nan globe successful a bid to consciousness a 'bit of pressure' again.
According to The Sun, Brecel said: 'I bought 2 much cars this week, truthful I went from a millionaire to a non-millionaire.
Luca Brecel has admitted to splashing retired connected supercars since becoming a millionaire
The snooker prima antecedently shared pictures of his Ferrari 488 onto his societal media pages
'It was a conscious determination to bargain nan cars and possibly consciousness that spot of unit again, to recreate nan emotion I had of conscionable starting my career.'
Brecel has antecedently shared pictures onto his societal media accounts of his Ferrari 488, worthy an estimated £350k.
He's besides enjoyed trips astir nan globe and precocious admitted that he and his partner person visited '14 countries successful 4 months' arsenic he enjoyed his winnings.
During 1 travel to Dubai, Brecel shared aggregate snaps of nan mates astatine high-end edifice Hakkasan - wherever dishes tin costs up to £300.
In nan aforesaid interview, nan 28-year-old besides admitted that he's been facing problems pinch his mindset, arsenic he claimed: 'I didn't spell lazy, but I conscionable didn't consciousness that hunger aliases information going from tourney to tournament.
'I don't for illustration that emotion and I had to alteration something. I wasn't emotion immoderate unit immoderate more. I was conscionable playing and if I mislaid I was happy to beryllium home. It's not a bully mindset to have.'
The Belgian went connected to asseverate that he's not worried astir consistency and claimed that he has clip to get it right.
Brecel admitted that he bought nan cars arsenic he wants to consciousness a 'bit of pressure' again
Brecel besides shared pictures of his travels astir nan globe pinch partner Laura Vanoverberghe
Brecel admitted that he and his partner person been to 14 countries successful nan past 4 months
He continued: 'I'm still young and I consciousness for illustration 1 time I'm going to get to number 1 anyway.
'I've been 1 lucifer distant and 1 framework distant from world number one. I deliberation my champion chance was going to nan Wuhan Open and I didn't, truthful that shows you really overmuch it keeps maine busy. But it would beryllium bully to tick it off, I'm not going to lie.'
After his awesome triumph complete Selby successful May, Brecel's location municipality of Maasmechelen hosted a large statement successful honour of nan Belgian, who made history by becoming nan first personification from mainland Europe to triumph nan World Snooker Championship.
'History has been made! Luca Brecel crowned himself nan first non-English speaking World Snooker Champion connected May 1,' an Instagram station from Maasmechelen's charismatic relationship said.
'The Belgian Bullet defeated nan Englishman Mark Selby successful a humor strengthening last pinch a magnificent performance.'
His location municipality of Maasmechelen were seen gearing up to observe his historical achievements
‘And that deserves a MaasMagnifiek party! The section authorities is organising a awesome folk’s statement connected Sunday day 14 May to observe nan caller nationalist leader together pinch each nan residents.'
The town, which is situated 1 hours thrust of Brussels successful nan north-east region of Belgium, has a organization of astir conscionable nether 40,000 people, and celebrated nan historical achievements of their caller world champion, by awarding him pinch honorary citizenship.
‘Honorary citizenship. A historical accomplishment besides deserves a historical award. The Schepencollege will truthful besides nominate Luca Brecel arsenic an honorary national to nan metropolis council.’
