Michael van Gerwen tells 'crap' Peter Wright that 'it's time to retire'

[p]The two-time world champion exited in the second round at Alexandra Palace, losing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/darts/merk-a-63U1Q3oH/wright-p-C4FCwGRt/?mid=zaQrhXNH"]3-0[/a] to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/merk-arno/63U1Q3oH/"]Arno Merk[/a].[/p][p]'Snakebite' [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wright-peter/C4FCwGRt/"]Wright[/a] failed to really threaten the German debutant, winning just two legs and averaging a meagre 79.20.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-gerwen-michael/SU4UkKsm/"]Van Gerwen[/a], meanwhile, got into the third round by seeing off [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/o-connor-william/pSbuZfV4/"]William O'Connor[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/darts/o-connor-w-pSbuZfV4/van-gerwen-m-SU4UkKsm/?mid=fqZb0SHt"]3-1[/a] and will play Merk after the Christmas break.[/p][p]But there was little sympathy for Wright from Van Gerwen when asked if he was shocked by the outcome of Wright's match.[/p][embed guid="ea294908-0efc-4009-8f0a-1586f7b7bce5" url="https://x.com/i/status/2003606163443638277" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"You want me to answer this?" [/b]Van Gerwen replied.[b] "I can answer this really easily.[/b][/p][p][b]"I'm not really surprised by his performance because he's been playing crap lately and for him it's time to retire anyway.[/b][/p][p][b]"I think it's time for him to retire anyway."[/b][/p][p]Wright has slid down the PDC rankings over the last two years and will likely drop out of the top 32 after his short run at this year's World Championship.[/p]