I tried following Gareth Bale’s diet to see if I could be as good as him – it didn’t quite work out for me

FORMER Tottenham striker Peter Crouch has recalled the clip helium tried pursuing Gareth Bale's pre-match diet.

Crouch spent 2 years with Spurs earlier joining Stoke City successful 2011.

During that clip helium managed 45 extremity contributions successful 93 games and played alongside the likes of Luka Modric and Jermain Defoe.

But helium claims Bale stunned him much than anyone else.

In a caller occurrence of his podcast - That Peter Crouch Podcast - the ex-striker revealed that helium adjacent started copying Bale's pre-match repast successful a bid to lucifer his show levels.

Crouch explained: "You know, what changed for maine was watching Gareth Bale.

"I've talked astir this before, watching Gareth beryllium the astir aggravated runs, the astir region covered, it was ridiculous.

"He was 1 of the astir fittest players I've ever seen.

"He'd conscionable virtually person baked beans connected toast each time. And I thought, 'what is successful those beans?'

"So I started doing it. I started doing baked beans connected toast.

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"I thought it indispensable beryllium the difference. It didn't rather enactment for me!

"But you cognize erstwhile you spot different radical doing antithetic things and, surely aboriginal connected successful your career, you spot decidedly the chefs and worldly astatine the grooming crushed has changed."

Crouch was discussing pre-match meals with co-host Steve Sidwell erstwhile the taxable of Bale came up.

The erstwhile England prima besides revealed that helium would usually devour chicken, pasta and boiled potatoes earlier a lucifer - sometimes astatine 9am if helium was preparing for an aboriginal kick-off.

After leaving Tottenham, Crouch went connected to walk 8 years astatine Stoke earlier retiring astatine Burnley.