Luke Littler doesn’t hesitate when ranking Cristiano Ronaldo and fellow Champions League legends

Luke Littler struggled to hide his football allegiance when tasked with ranking 10 Champions League legends.

The darts sensation is an avid Manchester United fan and even got the chance to parade his World Darts Championship trophy at Old Trafford in front of his own during the defeat to Brighton at the weekend.

His love for the Red Devils likely comes from watching modern day club legends strutting their stuff, most notably Cristiano Ronaldo.

Littler was asked to 'blind rank' ten Champions League legends, with no knowledge which players will come up.

The 18-year-old started by ranking a number of recent European heavyweights including Sergio Ramos, Luka Modric, Manuel Neuer and Karim Benzema.

When Ronaldo's name popped up, Littler barely skipped a beat before declaring: "Cristiano Ronaldo, number one. Thankyou."

Wayne Rooney was the next player on the list, with Littler putting 'Wazza' as number two with a wry smile on his face.

The last name to emerge was Steven Gerrard.

With all of the other spots taken, Littler had no choice but to put the Liverpool legend at number three, a decision that was accompanied by a dissatisfied scoff at the thought of ranking his rival so highly.

Gerrard is undoubtedly a Champions League legend having inspired the Reds to their famous victory in Istanbul in 2005, before almost doing the same two years later in 2007.

Sports fans are often left astonished at the thought of Littler being just a teenager, but that was certainly hammered home when asked to rank both Paolo Maldini and Xavi Hernandez.

Littler struggled to rank the two players, admitting that he'd barely seen the Barcelona legend play and wasn't old enough to have seen the AC Milan icon in action.

The decision to rank Ronaldo and Rooney at number one and two respectively was an easy one for Littler with the duo having a combined eight Premier League winners' medals from their time at Old Trafford.

Both players also starred in Man United's 2008 Champions League win - however given that Littler was barely 18 months old at the time it's unlikely to have been a memorable moment in the darts sensation's life.

Despite being world champion, Littler has just turned 18 years of age with talkSPORT's Breakfast hosts sharing a memorable tribute to the prodigy.

Shehban Aherne, Jeff Stelling and Ally McCoist were greeted with an early-morning pint to commemorate the day in which Littler was able to enjoy his first legal alcoholic beverage.

Whatever Littler is doing to celebrate, he'll need to ensure he's ready for the Dutch Darts Masters which takes place this wekeend.