Stoke City have crowned Peter Crouch the 'Crouch-on d'Or' winner after the forward complained about not making the Ballon d'Or shortlist.

The club responded after the England striker made a tongue-in-cheek comment following the controversy surrounding FIFA's World Cup investigation report.

Writing on his official Twitter account, Crouch said: "I knew there was problems with decision making at FIFA when I didn't make the ballon d'Or shortlist"

We were shocked too @petercrouch ... So, we have got you a special 'Crouch-on d'Or' waiting for you in the office! pic.twitter.com/q5gUfAhxYK

— Stoke City FC (@stokecity) November 14, 2014

Stoke take on Burnley next week in the Premier League.

Written by
Benjamin Topliss