It's fair to say that footballers often make questionable decisions, and one of those made by Premier League favourite Peter Crouch ended up costing him a cool £600... for a taxi journey!
The former Liverpool and Tottenham star is never short of a story of two, though the latest comes from his wife Abbey Clancy, who has shed light on a time when her other half just had to give in to superstition.
Speaking on Premier League entertainment show Back of the Net, Clancy revealed how her husband went to great lengths to continue his goalscoring run... which she herself helped to instigate.
Upon signing for Liverpool, Crouch endured an ongoing goal drought which received a lot of media attention. Eager to put an end to it, Clancy had an idea.
'I went shopping with my mum and we found these lucky pants and we bought him them. He wore them and he couldn't stop scoring!' said Clancy.
'Then he was playing Newcastle and he forgot them so he paid a taxi driver £600 to go and get them.'
The quick all-round trip from the north east down to Merseyside and back may have hit Crouch hard in the pocket, but the charismatic targetman continued his scoring exploits nonetheless.
Clancy went onto discuss life with Crouch now he has hung up his boots.
Asked whether she is enjoying life since her husband's retirement, she said: 'He's never at home.
'He sold retirement to me saying we were going to go to the gym together, go to lunch together – I haven't seen him!'
The model also revealed Crouch is 'actually a really good poet. He used to write me letters and poetry all the time, until we had four kids then he suddenly stopped…!'
MrMeMe
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This is Peter Crouch now
ishti
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When Crouch visited Anfield, Shaquiri asked him "how is the weather up there?" Crouch just spit and said, 'it's raining here mate.' 😂😂
disappointed with the response, will repost it 😂😂
ishti
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When Crouch visited Anfield, Shaquiri asked him "how is the weather up there?" Crouch just spit and said, 'it's raining here mate.' 😂😂