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Luke Littler may have a future as a sporting director at Manchester United.
Teenage darts sensation Littler is a passionate Red Devils fan, although that has been rather difficult amid United's demise in recent years.
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With the January transfer window now open, United may look to reinforce Ruben Amorim's squad with some fresh faces.
Despite Littler having his own World Darts Championship quarter final to worry about, he has shared who he would like to see arrive at Old Trafford.
Taking to Instagram, Littler re-shared Fabrizio Romano's post where he revealed LaLiga had removed Spanish international Dani Olmo from Barcelona's official squad list.
Littler wrote "6 month loan united" underneath and added the eyes emoji.
Olmo arrived at Barcelona from RB Leipzig in a deal worth £51million in the summer, signalling a return to where it all began.
However, the transfer has proved to be a constant thorn in the Spanish giants' side as they struggled to register Olmo at the start of the season.
A temporary arrangement was soon struck that allowed Barcelona to register Olmo until the end of the calendar year.
Unfortunately Barcelona have failed to get their financial house in order and are now at serious risk of losing Olmo to a rival for free.
Speaking on talkSPORT's White and Jordan, Spanish football expert Terry Gibson explained how the Olmo saga had reached breaking point.
“His buyout clause is 500 million euros and he cost them 50 million euros.
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“They were only allowed to register him because of the injuries to Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araujo - Because they were going to be out for half a season, their salaries were taken off of the financial fair play that we have in LaLiga, so, therefore, they were allowed to bring in the salary of Dani Olmo.
"Christensen and Araujo are now fit again and going to be fit in January. So therefore they go back onto the roster, which means that Dani Olmo has to be taken off as it stands at the moment."
The obvious solution for Barcelona's financial woes is to try and sell their fringe players, but rivals are now well aware of the Spanish side's dire financial situation.
Despite the circus, Gibson believes Olmo will ultimately still be a Barcelona player when the January window slams shut.
As for Littler, he has much more to worry about than United's transfer dealings.
The 17-year-old sealed a spot in the last eight of this year's World Darts Championship after surviving an almighty scare against Ryan Joyce.
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Littler prevailed 4-3 in the tense contest but had to overcome some serious early jitters on the doubles.
After two sets, Littler had missed a staggering 14 out of 19 double attempts for a percentage of 26 per cent.
The pair traded sets throughout as the tension rose, but once Littler took a 3-2 lead, he let out an almighty roar.
Joyce escalated the drama when he took the match to a seventh and deciding set, but Littler held on for a nail-biting win.
Littler's win booked him a quarter final date against his stablemate Nathan Aspinall in the evening session on New Year's Day.
