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Joey Barton has lavished praise on Luke Littler after the teenager won the Bahrain Masters on Friday night. The 16-year-old recently soared to prominence at the World Darts Championship, having made the final of that competition before losing to Luke Humphries. Littler has, however, now bounced back from that defeat in style. The youngster won the Bahrain Masters on Friday evening, getting the better of Michael van Gerwen to reign supreme. And Barton took to X to praise Littler, especially after the teenager pulled off a terrific nine-darter. “16 years old. Luke Littler. What a player. A pheno…

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