The former striker, capped 42 times, admitted: "I saw the players take a picture on the way to Germany I do miss that, I am envious. A part of me thinks these boys are so lucky and I wish I was back there."
Crouch scored 22 goals in two World Cups and one Euros between 2005 and 2010 and played alongside Wayne Rooney, David Beckham and Steven Gerrard. But he reckons the Euro 2024 squad, kicking off their campaign against Serbia tomor row, "gel better and almost feel like a club side" and have the potential to dominate international competitions for years.
He added: "I would put this team up with the greatest we've ever had, but they're not in that conversation until they win something. If they do, they'll far succeed any generation I played with and we'll have to compare them with the 1966 team."
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