'I wanted to leave Liverpool as fast as possible. I was thinking,‘What have I done?’ The manager wanted me to do different things, I working really hard, but I was trying to score while playing deeper' Peter Crouch answers FFT readers' questions

Peter Crouch retires.

It’s baffling to think there was a time when Peter Crouch was not universally loved.

But the striker – ranked at no.100 in FourFourTwo's list of the best Premier League players of all time – had to work hard to shatter misconceptions... not to mention earn the right to play at the highest level.