STEPHEN BUNTING was buzzing to see a Liverpool icon at his hotel this morning.
The darts star, 40, is in Rotterdam for this week’s latest round of Premier League action.
Stephen Bunting poses with a former Liverpool favourite[/caption]
Bunting, 40, is set to be in Darts Premier League action tonight[/caption]
Having checked into his hotel in the Netherlands, Bunting was struck by a familiar face.
The Merseyside-born thrower is a big Liverpool fan.
So when one of the stars of Istanbul walked past, he was always going to notice.
Having taken a picture with his hero, Bunting posted it on Instagram alongside a gushing message.
The Prem favourite wrote: “All the way to Rotterdam and this Liverpool legend Jerzy Dudek staying at the same hotel.
“Not very often I’m star struck.”
Dudek, now 52, played for Feyenoord for five years before joining Liverpool in 2001.
The Pole has been back in Rotterdam reuniting with former team-mates this week.
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Jerzy Dudek famously saved from Andriy Shevchenko[/caption]
The Pole celebrates his Champions League final heroics[/caption]
Having won an Eredivisie title in the Netherlands, Dudek moved to England for a trophy-laden spell at Liverpool.
Dudek won the League Cup and FA Cup with the Reds, while also playing an integral role in their iconic 2005 Champions League triumph.
Rafa Benitez‘s side famously came back from 3-0 down against AC Milan, with Dudek memorably saving Andriy Shevchenko’s penalty during the subsequent shootout.
Bunting, meanwhile, is aiming to keep his Premier League Darts hopes alive in Rotterdam this evening.
The Liverpool fan went eight weeks without a win to start the competition, before dramatically ending his drought by winning night nine in Berlin.
Last week he was beaten 6-1 by Luke Humphries in the quarter-finals, while he will begin his campaign tonight by battling home favourite Michael van Gerwen.
Premier League Darts 2025: Dates and venues
Night 1 – Belfast: Humphries beat Dobey 6-1
Night 2 – Glasgow: Littler beat Humphries 6-5
Night 3 – Dublin: Price beat Aspinall 6-3
Night 4 – Exeter: Humphries beat Littler 6-4
Night 5 – Brighton: Littler beat Aspinall 6-3
Night 6 – Nottingham: Price beat Littler 6-3
Night 7 – Cardiff: Littler beat Van Gerwen 6-4
Night 8 – Newcastle: Littler beat Humphries 6-1
Night 9 – Berlin: Bunting beat Price 6-5
Night 10 – AO Arena, Manchester: Aspinall beat Humphries 6-4
Night 11 – Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam – Thursday April 17
Night 12 – M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool – Thursday April 24
Night 13 – Utilita Arena, Birmingham, Thursday May 1
Night 14 – First Direct Arena, Leeds – Thursday May 8
Night 15 – P&J Live, Aberdeen – Thursday May 15
Night 16 – Utilita Arena, Sheffield – Thursday May 22
Play-Offs – The O2, London – Thursday May 29