GREEN machine Michael van Gerwen used to intimidate his opponents into submission - but it's the end of an aura.
Over the last five years, MVG has gone from snarling top dog to one of the chasing pack, and he makes no bones about it he hates being left behind.
But after watching the Lukes of Hazard Humphries and Littler - take over as the men to beat, Van Gerwen warned he is not finished yet.
And at the Paddy Power PDC World Championship, which opens at Alexandra Palace on Sunday night, he said: "I'm still the one they are pleased to see getting knocked out, I am the one they enjoy beating the most."
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