Price sets target of 'three to four' PDC World Darts Championship wins: "I want to try and get everything ready for retirement at about 45"

Defending his prize money from winning the PDC World Darts Championship two years ago, Gerwyn Price will aim to seal it in front of a full capacity crowd this time after the 'anti-climax' of 2020 with COVID-19 seeing him win it behind closed doors.

“I did a little bit of media afterwards, a couple of interviews, and then I went back to my hotel room,” said Price.

“Not being able to celebrate or share my greatest achievement in darts – it was a bit of an anti-climax.

“I know what it’s like to win the World Championship, but I don’t know what it’s like to win it in front of a big crowd, with celebrations and family there, so that’s a big drive for me now.”

But for Price, another goal is to win the World title another three or four more times before he curtails his career with a goal set for the day he will leave the sport.

“It has been a rollercoaster. During the last three or four years there have been lots of ups and downs,” he conceded.

“I have doubted myself a few times and sometimes you want to give up, but you just keep going.

“It’s nice to win the World Championship once, but to become multiple World Champion – that’s my next goal, and there’s no reason I can’t win another three or four before I retire.

“I’m going to sacrifice as much as I can for the next seven years. I want to try and get everything ready for retirement at about 45.

“I’m not going to give darts up completely. I’m just not going to do ProTours or European Tours. I will stay in the TV events as long as I can, but I’ll start doing a lot less.”

“I have a lot more gears. Obviously, I’m playing at a decent standard, but in my head, I am still an amateur and I’m inexperienced," Price continued.

“In another three or four years, I think I will reach my full potential and I’ll be a way better player and a lot more consistent.

“It takes someone to improve to drag people with them, like Michael did. Hopefully over the next few years I can take the bar up a little bit higher.”