Luke Littler reveals private message of support to Man Utd star amid wretched form

Luke Littler has sent a word of encouragement to as he attempts to rescue his floundering career. The midfielder joined the Red Devils in a

But he has endured an awful time of things since then. The 26-year-old has made just 41 appearances and scored just twice having been beset by injuries.

One of those strikes did come in his most recent outing as - their 16th league reverse of the campaign. Darts star and United superfan is hopeful of that being just the start for Mount having reached out to the England man.

He revealed: "I don't really speak to them [players]. Although I don't think anyone knows this, I recently messaged Mason Mount on just to say it was good to see him back in training again.

"We bought him and thought he'd be great, but he's had a few injuries. I'd love to see him get into the starting team and score goals."

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And while Littler insists that he does not regularly contact United players, he also revealed that he got in touch with , who had an amusing response. Littler added: “When Maguire scored the winner against Lyon, I put on my Instagram, 'Can you wear the No.9 shirt?' And he replied with laughing emojis."

While Littler is a loyal United fan, it appears that he won’t be stretching his schedule to go and watch the side should they reach the final. The Red Devils are 3-0 up after the first-leg of their semi final against Athletic Bilbao.

But with a evening set to take place in Sheffield the following evening, Littler has ruled out splashing the cash. Speaking to , he said: "I have been looking at flights - but I'll go only if I’m allowed. Even if I don’t go, I’ll obviously watch it. I don’t think a PJ [private jet] is worth it."

What's gone wrong for Man United this season?

Despite that, Littler has claimed that United have already given him inspiration this season. He suggested that the side’s defeat to earlier this term had pushed him on to reach the UK Open semi-finals.

He said: "Obviously I am happy, I'm into the final of the UK Open at my third attempt. But in the second break I heard about the Manchester United loss so it spurred me on a bit, won the next five.”

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