“Rio Ferdinand would tell us stories about how Cristiano Ronaldo would stand in front of the mirror naked, running his hand through his hair, and say, ‘Wow. I’m so beautiful!’ Crouch told the Daily Mail.
The striker met Aranburu shortly after joining Liverpool from Southampton in 2004 when he was staying at the Hope Street Hotel, where she was working. Crouch had then thought that he had a fair chance to woo her.
“I told the lads in training. ‘Honestly, she’s beautiful. I think I’ve got a shout here.’ Jamie Carragher called a few other senior players over. ‘Tell them again, Crouchie.’ So I did. ‘She’s all over me. I’m on fire.’