Luke Littler has teased fans connected societal media arsenic to why he withdrew from nan Hungary Darts Trophy conscionable 24 hours earlier it was owed to begin.
Responding to a SportsBible Instagram post, which speculated that nan darts tourney coincided pinch nan early entree merchandise of EA FC 25, Little wrote: 'what a coincidence', alongside a laughing-face emoji.
Littler is simply a known instrumentality of nan video game, including its Ultimate Team mode, which he has shared clips of him opening subordinate packs during tourney walkouts to nan oche.
Fans person cheekily suggested nan teen was putting speech immoderate value clip to play nan crippled complete nan weekend.
Luke Littler teased fans arsenic to why he withdrew from nan Hungary Darts Trophy
Fans speculated it was truthful Littler could play nan early merchandise of videogame EA FC 25
The 17-year-old had been owed to play successful nan tourney successful Bucharest, but pulled retired for unspecified reasons.
He has already won nan Euro Tour tournaments successful nan Belgium and Austria earlier successful nan year, and is contending pinch a stacked wintertime schedule.
Littler has already declined to to compete successful tournaments successful Rosmalen, Netherlands and Leverkusen, Germany.
The teen precocious saw his unbeaten tally of 15 matches ended by World No.70 Maik Kuivenhoven.
At nan opening of nan week, Littler celebrated his 2nd title successful nan abstraction of 48 hours by claiming nan Players Championship 20 crown successful Wigan.
The 17-year-old, who connected Sunday won his maiden World Series of Darts Finals title successful Amsterdam, defied a superb fightback from Stephen Bunting to triumph 8-7 successful Tuesday's last pursuing a thrilling last-leg decider.
Glory for Littler secured his ninth PDC title of 2024, including 3 Players Championship successes.