“I just want to delete all that other stuff so I think that it is best that I don’t comment on any player and just make it a policy, a boundary that I just don’t overstep just for my own piece of mind and my own sanity.

“I just let the other guys do what they want to do and I wish them all the best, but as far as I’m concerned that’s not something I want to kind of get involved in every again.”

O’Sullivan has garnered plenty of attention over the years for his views on the game, but plans to take a new approach and refrain from discussing his rivals at the table after lamenting the reaction his comments tend to receive.