Next generation backed to take snooker to new heights after Luca Brecel success

NEW ERA?: Luca Brecel is set to lead a new generation of snooker stars. Pic: Zac Goodwin/PA

Newly-crowned world champion Luca Brecel has been backed to spearhead a new golden generation of snooker superstars so talented they could even go on to rival the exploits of the fabled ‘Class of ’92’.

That is the opinion of WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson who watched the Belgian hold true to his swashbuckling style to sink Mark Selby 18-15 and become the first player from continental Europe to claim the Crucible title.