Peter Crouch chatted up Xabi Alonso's wife at Liverpool before being stitched up

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SportFootballLiverpool FCPeter Crouch thought he was 'in' with Xabi Alonso's partner before getting with Abbey ClancyPeter Crouch has admitted to chatting up Xabi Alonso's wife after being stitched up by Jamie Carragher. He was so taken with the hotel worker that he couldn't wait to tell his new team-mates about her.There was just one problem - the girl in question was already taken by none other than his new teammate, Alonso.

His colleagues were aware of the situation but declined to tell Crouch, who foolishly confided in Carragher about the girl.Speaking during an appearance on the Stick to Football show with Gary Neville, Roy Keane and Ian Wright, Crouch recalled: "I'm in the hotel, and there's a lovely-looking Spanish girl on reception."She's smiling all the time, being really nice. He added: "But she's only there to learn English, she's Xabi's missus.

I'd only been there a week."It's Carra [who stitched me up]. So he gathers all the lads around, including Xabi, and says, 'Crouchy's got a story.'"And I've explained it again, and they've all burst out laughing." Thankfully, Alonso saw the funny side as well, with Crouch laughing: "He was as good as gold, he knew I had no chance!"Crouch spent three memorable years at Liverpool before leaving for Portsmouth in 2008 in a bid to secure regular first-team football, which he had struggled to get under Rafael Benitez amid competition from Fernando Torres.Benitez was reluctant to let Crouch go and originally held out for £15million before eventually settling for a fee of £11m.