Peter Crouch announces the birth of a baby and gives it the name of Divock Origi

Peter Crouch announced the birth of his little boy with a humorous tweet.

Former Liverpool and Tottenham striker wrote: "Our beautiful baby was born on Monday, June 3, mother and baby, Divock, Samrat Crouch, are fine."

Crouch, 38, had already joked with him and his wife, Clancy Abbey, to call their fourth child, Samrat, after his favorite curry house.

He apparently chose to name Baby Divock instead, in tribute to Liverpool striker Divock Origi, who scored the Reds' second goal in their 2-0 win over Tottenham in the Champions League final this week. weekend.

He then decided that Samrat would work better as a first name.

Of course, Crouch, known for his great sense of humor, seems to be laughing with his many followers on Twitter.

Although he admitted on his podcast in March: "One of the bookmakers is betting on the names of my kid.Harry is at the top.

"And at 100/1 was Samrat and a few people said to me," You have to do it "- Samrat Crouch.

"It's really 100/1 … it works, because you'd just call it Sam. Shane is more likely than Samrat."

Crouch was then questioned: "[And] Abbey would be fine with that, is not it? to which he replied: "She would be fine with that, yes."

Crouch concludes: "The favorite is Harry by the minute … I like that name.

"Jacob, June, Mary – they are all 100/1, with Samrat, BabyNo4 and Hat-trick !!!

"Samrat is neutral, as is BabyNo4 Crouch or Hat-trick."