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5 burning issues heading into Premier League Darts 2025 as Luke Littler begins title defence in Belfast

The spectacular 17-week Premier League Darts roadshow gets underway in Belfast on Thursday night with a host of burning issues going into the event.

After much controversy over the four PDC picks to join the top four in the rankings for the schedule, the talking now stops. Luke Littler will top the bill everywhere he goes. Not only is he the defending champion, but he is also World Champion after his famous success at the Ally Pally after beating Michael van Gerwen last month.

However, he’s going to face furious competition from the likes of World No.1 Luke Humphries and seven-time winner van Gerwen over the four months of action which will run in tandem alongside ranking events such as the UK Open, Pro Tours and Euro Tour events. There’s been heated debate heading into Belfast and Record Sport looks at five of the burning issues ahead of Night One.

Littler will have all eyes upon him at every venue with his sporting status through the roof. The 18-year-old has dealt with everything so far in his young career, but it’s not gone to plan since the Ally Pally. He’s yet to reach a Final since, with two early exits in the World Series events in Bahrain and Holland and a quarter-final loss at The Masters. He’s not invincible and Michael van Gerwen is also showing signs he can launch a push for a staggering eighth PL crown.

No-one was more annoyed than Mike De Decker at the PDC picks with the Belgian fuming at the inclusion of Nathan Aspinall and Gerwyn Price ahead of him. He wasn’t alone. Focus will be on the pair to deliver. Aspinall says he has nothing to prove, but the truth is people will be looking closely at his performances and waiting to criticise if he doesn’t deliver. Less so Price, perhaps, given he’s an ex-World

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