Cristiano Ronaldo, Virgil van Dijk and Wout Weghorst all found their way into a World Cup of Darts debate after some of the sport’s biggest names were asked which footballers they would trust on the oche.
Newly crowned World Cup of Darts champions for England, Luke Littler and Luke Humphries were among those asked by Sky Sports to build a fantasy darts team from the world of football.
Humphries went straight for Van Dijk, backing the Dutch defender’s presence and mentality. “I choose Virgil van Dijk,” said Humphries. “He is good, strong and has an excellent mentality. Basically like most Dutch people.”
Littler then offered up Ronaldo, only for Humphries to raise the obvious practical issue. “Would he ever have thrown a dart?” Humphries wondered aloud.
“Would he ever have thrown a dart?” Humphries wondered aloud. Littler laughed and admitted: “Probably not.”
Ronaldo still had support elsewhere. Josh Rock also went down the Portugal route, naming Bruno Fernandes before adding the former Real Madrid forward as the man to finish things off.
Bruno Fernandes, the Manchester United player, I would definitely choose,” said Rock. “He is involved in almost all of his team’s goals. And Cristiano Ronaldo to finish off the scores.”
The Scottish answers had a clear Rangers flavour. Cameron Menzies first mentioned Scott McTominay, then brought Lawrence Shankland into the discussion. “Shankland has just signed for my favourite club Rangers, so that helps a little bit, of course,” said Menzies.
Gary Anderson stayed with the same club theme, choosing John Souttar.
