London, October 4 (ANI): Former football star Dwight Yorke has confessed he often lined up beautiful girls for his married colleagues.

The 37-year-old, who has been making headlines for his previous relationship with Jordan, said he used to play the match-maker for other married footballers looking to dodge the limelight.

"Many's the time I have been pictured with various girls, each photograph accompanied by sentences hinting at something more serious than it ever was," News of the World quoted him as saying.

"But the truth is that on many occasions I was the fall guy for married team-mates who did not want to be photographed chatting up beautiful women.

"Being single, I was a fail-safe match-maker. I would continue the task of trying to charm them while my married mate waited for his moment.

"You would not believe the amount of times I found myself saying to girls, 'Listen, my pal over there is crazy about you but he's married or he's with someone and can't come over. Are you interested?'

"I would continue the task of trying to charm them while my married colleague waited for his moment," he added. (ANI)