Villarreal have Crouch in reserve

Spanish side Villarreal are keeping tabs on the situation surrounding lanky Liverpool striker Peter Crouch.

El Submarino Amarillo are already looking forward to life in the Champions League next year, and are looking to bolster their already impressive forward line. It is thought they want to add Valladolid hitman Joseba Llorente to a squad already including Nihat, Jon Dahl Tommason and "Guilhe" Franco. This will be easier if Valladolid go down this season, but that should be unlikely. If they don't get their man, they are eying up Peter Crouch as an alternative. However, the word is that Crouch would favour a move back to the south of England, although Villarreal could offer him the lure of Champions League Football.