Peter Crouch

England striker Peter Crouch insists he is happy to stay at Liverpool and fight for his place.

The 26-year-old has been the subject of much speculation having fallen down the pecking order at Anfield after the summer arrival of club-record signing Fernando Torres.

However, Crouch has no wish to leave.

"Everyone talks about me talking to clubs. Maybe it's because I'm not playing every game but at a club like Liverpool you're not going to play every game," he told the Liverpool Echo.

"I've come to realise that this is the case at a club like this, whereas at somewhere else maybe you would play every game.

"But here we are competing for things and I certainly want to be a part of winning trophies.

"Hopefully if I get a good run of games towards the end of the season then those rumours will go away."