Cross intervenes in regular returning discussion: ''Phil Taylor was a level above Michael van Gerwen''

The debate regularly flares up about who is the best darts player of all time. One camp says Phil Taylor, while there are also many fans who think Michael van Gerwen is the best ever.

Neue Online Casinos asked Rob Cross in an interview about his position on this discussion. The Englishman had no doubts about his choice, he confessed.

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''Phil won so much, didn’t he? He was dominant. We aren’t just talking about dominance for ten years or whatever, it was probably 20. I don’t think Phil will ever get topped.''

Cross, who beat Taylor in the 2018 World Championship final in his last match, gives the level difference as his first argument. “He won a European Championship with a tournament average of 112. Most people just want to hit that in one game, let alone through five or six games or whatever. I don’t think that will ever get beaten, but if it does I hope it’s me that beats it! At the same time I don’t think it will ever get beat, it’s amazing. He was a level above Michael.

'Voltage' does indicate that it is not really fair to compare the two players. ''Michael and Phil are two different eras. Michael had wins over Phil later on when Phil was getting to the end. That’s life. You have an old great like Taylor, and it was Michael to fill his boots. Michael has taken over and taken the flame on that.”

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