Crouch considering his options

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Liverpool have offered the 27-year-old, who arrived from Southampton in a £7million deal during 2005, a new contract.

But Crouch said: "If I want to have any aspirations of playing for England, or furthering my career, then I have to be playing - and that doesn't seem to be the case at the moment."

The 6ft 7ins forward scored an impressive opening goal in the 1-1 Barclays Premier League draw with Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Saturday.

However, he feels he is likely to be back on the Anfield bench for Tuesday night's second leg of their Champions League quarter-final with the Gunners, when leading scorer Fernando Torres is expected to lead the attack again.

"I would love to stay, it is a fantastic club and I love everything about it, but I have got to be realistic," he said, after making just seven Premier League starts this season.

"I will have to look at it - but that's certainly something I won't be doing now, I will be doing it at the end of the season."

Crouch, though, insists his current focus in on helping Liverpool progress in Europe.

"At the moment I am concentrating on winning something for Liverpool and playing some part in the end of the season," he said.

"We have got a Champions League run-in now and it's exciting for us, and all my efforts are focused on that."