Barry Hearn has revealed Luke Littler’s management requested a private chef at PDC events – which was swiftly denied.The PDC president has clarified that the request was made by the player’s representatives over a recent drink.Littler’s request for improved catering came from his management, Hearn has revealedGettyIt comes after he had appeared to suggest he had told Littler himself to ‘shut up and drink your lager’.Instead, Hearn’s X-rated response to the request was made to Littler’s management as they discussed improvements to how they look after their players.Hearn has served as PDC president since 2021 after stepping up from his role as chairman, which is now filled by his son Eddie.What did Hearn say?The 77-year-old was asked about complaints from athletes this week whilst speaking at the Crucible.He had been in attendance for the announcement that the World Snooker Championship will remain at the venue until at least 2045.In response, Hearn revealed Littler’s management had asked for improved catering at a Premier League venue, explaining: “People will always moan, it’s actually a part of sport, even the darts players, even they moan.“Someone said to me the other day, I won’t tell you who he was because he’s quite well known, bearing in mind he’s the current world champion.“He said something about criticising the food in a Premier League venue. ‘Can we have a chef in?’ His manager, ‘can we have his chef in?’“I went, ‘For f*** sake, it’s a darts tournament. What are you talking about? Shut up and drink your lager.'”With his remarks quickly causing a stir due to both the nature of Littler’s apparent request and Hearn’s response, he has now clarified his comments.Hearn has clarified his comments over Littler’s request as he vows to improve how the PDC looks after its playersGettyHearn joined talkSPORT’s Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent on Thursday evening’s Drive, revealing: “Let me put that straight first because that’s been taken out of context.“Looking after players is paramount and I don’t think we do it well enough. So we’re in conversations with various people within darts and snooker of how we can get it better.“We want to talk to the players. We want to talk to the management.“I had a great conversation the other day with Luke Littler’s management, nothing to do with Luke, who set out some ideas and some of them were really good ideas and things we should adopt.“But when they came down to wanting their own chef, I thought that was perhaps a bridge too far.“Having said that, I did suggest that we went off and had a beer together and talk about it and it seems to have got back that Luke Littler should have a beer and talk about it, not the case.Littler will be eyeing a third nightly win of the year in Berlin on ThursdayGetty“Luke Littler doesn’t drink, is the exemplary professional and, quite frankly, we are very, very lucky to have him.”Littler is the current world champion after winning his second successive PDC World Darts Championship in January.Meanwhile, the world No.1 has earned £4.1million in PDC prize money during his professional career.Having won the Premier League on debut in 2024, Littler finished as runner-up last year after securing a record six nightly wins.The 19-year-old has already added two more in this season’s Premier League, with the first coming in Cardiff before last week’s triumph in Dublin.Littler will be eyeing more success at night eight in Berlin on Thursday.Littler has won three PDC majors this year – winning the UK Open earlier this mointhShutterstock EditorialThe Nuke takes on Stephen Bunting in the quarter-finals at the Uber Arena, with the action getting underway at 6pm.Either Gerwyn Price or Gian van Veen will await the winner of their match in the semi-finals.