MANCHESTER UNITED legend Wayne Rooney made sure to stop by and support a fellow wonderkid during the Premier League Darts in Manchester.
The and bagsman was in the crowd to watch , 18, try and make history with a record fifth nightly win.
Rooney, 39, was spotted in the crowd at the AO Arena to take in the action at the oche.
It's no surprise that the former Derby and manager was enjoying the event, given he and his family are mad.
In fact, Littler has already after wife Colleen took the boys to the World Darts Championship final in January.
While it will have been a special moment for Littler too, who is a lifelong Man Utd fan.
The teen sensation pitch earlier this season and even
Even Littler's opponents knew that Rooney was likely there to catch a glimpse of darts'youngest ever world champion.
Nathan Aspinall said: “I believe Wayne is going to be here. One of the drivers told me he was coming down. I don’t think he is coming to watch me.
“That is the thing with darts at the moment, it’s attracting so many big names to come and watch us play. I think they appreciate the talent and the pressure that we are under night after night.
“Yeah, it would be great, hopefully I will get to meet him, have a picture with him. I’ll have to go and beat Luke Littler first and then see what happens.”;
Littler, who has spoken about playing football as a youngster before, probably wanted to grow up to be when he was a kid.
But for Wazza's nine-year-old son Kit, it's Littler who is his idol.
Kit even had a darts-themed birthday party this year and is
Speaking about knocking up steaks for Kit’s darts-player diet at 7am, said: “The third one has steak for breakfast, this is the darts one, he wants to become a darts player at the minute.
“Sometimes he’ll have a fried egg with it, but mostly it’s just a steak – he’ll just have that.”;
Littler has been caught in a Man utd whirlwind since his astronomical rise to fame in 2023.
The Nuke has had and recently got the chance to earlier this month.
While he even got the opportunity to too.
Speaking about encountering Fergie for the first time, Littler said: “It was probably one of the best moments of my life and will live with me for ever.
“I was scheduled to parade the trophy before kick-off but Denis Law had passed away. There was an empty seat there where Denis would have sat on matchday.
“I sat behind Sir and was chatting to him for a bit, which was good. It’s one of the best things I have ever done.”;
