Peter Crouch has a special signal for when he wants to get frisky with wife Abbey Clancy

Peter Crouch's wife Abbey Clancy has revealed his special signal to indicate he wants to get a little frisky.

Former Liverpool, Spurs and England striker Couch infamously once said he would be a "virgin" if he wasn't a footballer.

But the well-travelled 6ft 7 forward has done very well for himself on and off the pitch. He's been with stunning model Abbey Clancy, once ranked 10th in FHM magazine's 100 sexiest women, since 2006 and the couple tied the knot in 2011.

They have four children together: Sophia, 11, Liberty, seven, Johnny, five and Jack, three.

The pair have their own podcast called 'The Therapy Crouch' and regularly share details about their 17-year relationship.

On the latest episode, they opened up about their love life and how Crouch uses emojis to try and initiate activity in the bedroom.

Of course the classic aubergine is in there, while one was so "vile" that Abbey didn't even went to say what it was.

"I just don't know how long I can go on with these sexual emojis that you keep sending me," Abbey said.

"If the kids go to school and he hears me like, put the key in the door I'm in and no one's in the house, I just get a beaver and an aubergine emoji text. I'm not even gonna say the last one but you can imagine what it is."

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Peter was in utter hysterics and confirmed that there are indeed three emojis which let his other half know he wants some sexual healing.

The third one, which Abbey initially did not want to disclose is the splash emoji - which the 37-year-old branded "a bit of hydration in there".

She continued: "How vile is that? Am I supposed to go, 'Oh yeah, now I'm bang up for it.'"

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Peter said the beaver emoji, much more suggestive than it really ought to me, is "the best emoji out of the lot".

2013 Strictly Come Dancing winner Abbey asked her husband if he thought he would "get lucky" with the spicy messages and he clarified he was merely letting her know that he is "putting my cards on the table".

Topics: Peter Crouch, Liverpool

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