You've got to be kidding..

By now, most of us have become pretty familiar with the financial crisis taking place at Anfield. And as a result, it looks likely that Rafa Benitez will miss out on some his summer targets and may have to settle on some alternatives that will fit his miniscule budget.

But this is taking it too far.

The Sunday Mirror claims Liverpool is set to make a shock bid to bring Peter Crouch back to Anfield. The report goes on to say the Reds will make a bid of GBP4 million for the striker, which is approximately half of the price Liverpool sold the England international to Porthsmouth a year ago.

However, it says that it is unclear of Crouch wants to make the move having failed to establish a regular first team place at Liverpool. Yeah, that's the only stumbling block for this purported move. I think there was a reason why Crouch spent most of his Liverpool career on the bench. After all, has anyone seen a striker that tall who's that bad at heading?

What's more puzzling is the fact that Benitez is also supposedly interested in signing Crouch's teammate at Porthsmouth, Glenn Johnson.

Now, there's a high chance this rumour will remain just that. But even so, this has to be perhaps one of the craziest rumours so far this season, other than the one about Sven joining Pompey. And in case you haven't heard yet, Porthsmouth have confirmed Sven will NOT be their manager next season.