Michael van Gerwen slams Peter Wright's title targets as being not 'realistic'
NewsWednesday, 31 January 2018 at 10:30
Michael van Gerwen has spoken about many different topics lately as the season has started with him winning the Masters. Also he is starting the Premier League alongside a host of UK Open Qualifiers over the next two weekends in Wigan. He fought back in terms of Peter Wright's targets saying they are not really realistic.
The Dutchman stated that due to him becoming a stronger player he can handle defeat and that he will win a minimum of 20 titles at least this year as he aims to do what Wright wants to do. “My target is to win 20-plus tournaments this year and I want to be number one in the world. There’s no point in resting on my laurels, I’m going to chase Michael van Gerwen.” said Wright who was fired up ahead of the season beginning. Nevertheless, MVG spoke about it telling Josh’s Dartistry in a recent interview :“I think I’m going to win 20 this year, minimum of 20. I know Peter Wright said it, but for him it’s not really realistic. For me it’s realistic.” MvG claimed: “That’s what I do all the time because that makes you a stronger person, a stronger player and I don’t care about other people. Of course you need to handle defeat sometimes, that’s part of the game. You can’t win all of the time.”
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