Three Lions or World In Motion? Peter Crouch picks his favourite as World Cup fever grips England

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World Cup fever has swept the nation as England progress through the knockout stages in Russia, and it seems even the professionals are not immune.

David Baddiel and Frank Skinner’s 'Three Lions' anthem has been stuck in nation's head since that penalty shootout win over Colombia, even that of former England striker Peter Crouch.

The ex-Tottenham and Liverpool man tried his hand as a DJ on Radio X last July and while he would choose to play New Order’s 'World in Motion' over the 1996 favourite on the airwaves, he cannot escape its clutches.

Crouch, who played the last time England reached a World Cup quarter-final in 2006, has been striding into Stoke City's training ground each morning offering up renditions of 'Three Lions' to his Scottish and Welsh team-mates.

“If I’m DJing, I think I would go with 'World in Motion', that’s my favourite personally,” Crouch told Standard Sport.

“If I’m on the terraces I’m singing 'Three Lions' but I think 'World in Motion' with the John Barnes rap is the one for me. But, listen, we’ve all got caught up in it, I’m all over it.

“I’ve been coming into Stoke singing it every day. Charlie Adam, Darren Fletcher and Joe Allen are dying for us to go out so it’s sickening for them and that’s why I’m rubbing it in even more.”

Peter Crouch, along with Jamie Redknapp and Paddy Guinness surprised a football fan with the ultimate McDelivery to celebrate the 2018 FIFA World Cup. To see more videos of the surprise, head to McDonald’s Facebook and Twitter.

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