One must feel sorry for Peter Crouch's wife, as there is never an air of certainty with their surroundings. In every transfer window - one can expect three things to happen - a player will petulantly force through an exit via transfer request, there will be rumours of a transfer record-breaking bid, and a new club will become linked with Peter Crouch. Whereas now it is QPR who seemingly won't leave the 6ft 7in frontman alone, before them it was Fulham, as they were paired with the former Liverpool hitman on the back pages every summer. It began in 2009, when Portsmouth's financial woes began to become public knowledge, and the fire-sale was underway. Future England boss Roy Hodgson had made no effort to conceal his admiration for the south-coast side's prized asset, and his wish to bring him to Craven Cottage.
''We're talking about a current England international, a top quality player who may just be available, and it's not a surprise, I suppose, that teams like ourselves, Tottenham and Sunderland are interested in his services.'' - Roy Hodgson, July 2009.
However, Crouch ultimately made the decision to join Spurs instead, which Hodgson maintains worked out for the best as 'luckily Bobby Zamora came up trumps and played so well'. The links resurfaced two years later, however, with Hodgson long gone and Zamora linked with a shock return to Spurs in part-exchange for Crouch. Unsurprisingly, the move never materialised. Probably when everybody realised how stupid it sounded out loud.
Recent Journalism & New Media graduate. Insatiable thirst for all things football, and hopes to break into the field of sports journalism in the near future.
Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
