Harry Kane has built his ultimate striker out of eight different player’s attributes and has some surprising inclusions on his list.
Kane was rested by Gareth Southgate for England’s game against North Macedonia on Monday night with Ollie Watkins starting up front for the Three Lions.
The England captain was asked to put together a combination of different footballing abilities to create an ideal centre forward.
Some of the categories to choose from were movement, speed, heading, finishing strength and work-rate.
Kane included a variety of footballers in his build such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Peter Crouch and Edinson Cavani but also had a surprise midfielder picked as part of a striker build.
England captain Harry Kane chose a collection of top footballers to create his perfect striker
Veteran superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was selected for his pace in Kane’s build of the ultimate forward
Peter Crouch was also chosen for heading, as he holds the record for the most headed goals in the Premier League
The Bayern Munich striker picked England starboy Jude Bellingham for work-rate, and he was the only midfielder chosen.
Kane said: ‘I’m going to go, he’s kind of played higher up, Jude Bellingham.’
The Real Madrid midfielder has been employed much further forward thiss eason both for club and country, and has chipped in with 13 goals in 14 appearances for Los Blancos.
Kane went also chose Cristiano Ronaldo for his speed, something he was known for throughout his career, six-foot-seven Peter Crouch for his heading ability, and himself for finishing.
Former England captain Wayne Rooney got the nod for his link-up play whilst Uruguyan striker Edinson Cavani’s movement was chosen by Kane.
Elsewhere France captain Kylian Mbappe’s dribbling and Didier Drogba’s strength completed Kane’s ultimate striker.
