Luca Brecel outlines his vision for modern snooker: ‘The problem is we keep seeing people like John Parrott and Steve Davis’

Luca Brecel is very much on board with calls to modernise snooker, believing dress codes, length of matches and the choice of television pundits need to be updated.

At 27 years old, Brecel is one of the youngest players competing at the top end of the game and would like to see snooker fulfil its potential by appealing to more fans of his age and younger.

Judd Trump famously called for a string of updates to the game last year, mentioning the likes of dress code and TV coverage and the Belgian Bullet can see exactly where he is coming from.

This year’s Scottish Open champion wants to see a fresh look to snooker coverage, criticising the use of veteran pundits at the biggest events.

‘I agree 100 per cent,’ Brecel told Metro.co.uk. ‘I think there’s a lot of potential in this game, but the problem is we keep seeing people like John Parrott and Steve Davis.

‘I know they’re great players and legends, but you need to get younger people in. There’s so many great characters in the game but no one sees it because they never come on TV.

‘Only in the games but you don’t talk in the games so no one knows how many great characters there are. I think it definitely needs to change.’

Asked whether he would take the opportunity to take on TV work himself, Luca said: ‘I’d love to.’

Another point Trump has made is that he knows few people of his own age, 32, that are into snooker and Brecel agrees, believing the game finds it difficult in the battle for attention with other sports.

‘All the other sports are a bit more attractive for younger people,’ he said. ‘They’re quicker, more entertaining, louder, all of that.

‘I think people don’t really understand how great this game is, it just needs to change a little bit and it would be more attractive