FLIGHTS OR FIGHT

Barney’s F-word rant at Littler

- MIKE WALTERS

LUKE LITTLER has been told to “f*** off” and learn some manners by darts royalty Raymond van Barneveld for ignoring his texts.

In an astonishing bust-up between the five-times world champion and the 17-year-old sensation (inset), Barney accused Luke the Nuke of giving him short shrift.

Littler’s fairy tale run to the PDC World Championship at Alexandra Palace in January included a 4-1 demolition of his boyhood idol Van Barneveld in the fourth round.

But the Dutch legend was unimpressed by the Warrington whizz kid’s failure to return complimentary texts about Littler’s triumph at the Belgian Darts Open earlier this month.