Van Gerwen on Price clash at European Championship: "He's never been in my head and he's never going to enter my head either"

Michael van Gerwen is into the Quarter-Finals at the European Championship after surging past James Wade as he hunts his first ranking major of the season.

Van Gerwen spoke post match and he was glad to get over the line while not playing his best.

"It wasn't a fabulous game but I think I did enough to win this one. Of course there's a lot of points I can make myself better on, I think too many low scores in between good scores and that shouldn't happen. You need to make sure your mind keeps on and keep being sharp and that's not always that easy but I won that's the most important thing," he said to Online Darts.

Gerwyn Price will face off against Mighty Mike later today and post match, 'The Iceman' said he's in his head but Van Gerwen gave a confident reply ahead of their showdown.

"He's never been in my head ever and he's never going to enter my head either. I've played so many games against him, I've won probably 80, 90% of them, the last time he beat me, he probably shouldn't have beat me and he was nervous there so whatever he says, that's just to make an act. If I play good, he's not capable of beating me but I have to show it."

"World Number One, World Champion, I don't really care. I've still beaten him so many times and I think he needs to get over them first. I only believe in my own capability and performance.

He was also asked about if he wins titles and is back to his best if the fear factor will return and he believes that it's still there.

"They've got the fear factor anyway. If you ask them all, they'll say he's not good at form but if you look deep inside their heart, they're still scared of me."