Michael van Gerwen boasts of strict trophy cabinet criteria after latest darts title

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It's like the return of Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films or the great white shark staking out that beach for its next lunch in Jaws.Michael van Gerwen is back – and his rivals on the Professional Darts Corporation circuit know he's not just going to be the flavour of the month.

Clog almighty picked up his second European Tour title in 2022 at the Austrian Darts Open at the weekend.If there was any doubt that MVG was not yet back to full throttle before his 8-5 win against fellow Dutchman Danny Noppert in the final in Graz, there is none now.

Van Gerwen won just one ranking title in the whole of 2021, and finished the year being thrown out of the PDC World Championship at Ally Pally after testing positive for Covid.But the world No.3 has already won four tournaments in 2022, and despite the searing heat on stage in Austria, Van Gerwen is hot stuff again on the oche.

He said: "I always want to win, I always put pressure on my shoulders to deliver the goods and, when I don't win, the first person I always blame is myself.“I was No.1 in the world for seven years and I'm determined to get it back, 100 per cent.