Nathan Aspinall has sensationally revealed he'll retire from darts by the time he's 45 ahead of tonight's Premier League Darts play-offs.
The 33-year-old booked his place in the semi-finals by finishing third, with only Luke Littler and Luke Humphries managing higher.
Aspinall is bidding to win the Premier League for the first time, with the darts star set to battle Humphries.
He will also be aiming to go one better than in 2020, when he was beaten by Glen Durrant in the final.
Nathan Aspinall has sensationally revealed he'll retire from darts by the time he's 45 ahead of tonight's Premier League Darts play-offs
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As tonight's action creeps closer, however, Aspinall has now revealed that he's ready to retire within the next 12 years.
Speaking to SportsBoom.com, he said: "45 and I'm off.
“I've said to my partner if that's me, it is 45. If it's earlier than that, and we start making golfers’ money and I've got 30 million in the bank—happy days, I'll be off sooner.
"But I don't think it's going to happen that quick. But yes, 45 is when I'd like to bugger off.”
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Darts has changed a lot in recent years.
In previous eras, there has always been a dominant force - such as Phil Taylor, who scaled every height possible during his playing days.
Aspinall thinks things are different now, however, with the 33-year-old also branding the amount of matches on the calendar as 'obscene'.
He continued: “The difference is that the strength in depth now is completely night and day compared to what it was when Phil [Taylor] was my age.
“Compared to even 10 years ago. The calendar is absolutely obscene.
"For us to take a weekend off, I have to pull out events so I'm losing ranking money or whatever because I just need a few days off.
“And I've done that over the last couple of weeks because I was in a tight position in the Premier League, I really wanted to make the playoffs.
“I play this game to make money as simple as that—to win a big chunk of money? I made the decision to miss a few Euro tours in between the Premier League nights and so far, it's paid dividends.
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“I just think it's too busy for people to have such longevity in the game.”
Aspinall is still relatively young at the age of 33.
He is, however, convinced that he's the last of a dying breed in the sport.
“People like me that we're early thirties, mid-thirties. I've said I do believe we are the last of a generation," he stated.
“Then afterwards it's going to be all these kids coming through who are fearless.
“It will stop being called a pub game and it will finally be called a sport I reckon in about five or six years.”
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