Are England facing the prospect of using a false nine up front once record scorer Harry Kane calls time on his international career?

Harry Kane will be approaching his 37th birthday when the 2030 World Cup comes around "It's too early to talk about that," said England captain Harry Kane, when asked if he would still be around for the 2030 World Cup. The striker fielded the question just minutes after the Three Lions had suffered the crushing 2-1 semi-final defeat to Argentina in Atlanta that denied them a first men's World Cup final since their sole success in 1966. You could not blame him for swerving a definitive answer, yet it was a pertinent question. After a tournament where England's attack relied almost exclusively on Kane - he has six goals along with Jude Bellingham - what are they going to do when their all-time record goalscorer retires? This is a player who has captained his country ever since former manager Gareth Southgate gave him the armband nine years ago - and has led from the front with 85 goals in 124 appearances. England do at least have time for succession planning as, barring injury, Kane will be around for the home Euros in two years' time. But he will be 33 in 10 days' time, and turn 35 shortly after that tournament ends.