Roy Hodgson admits Harry Kane's development at Tottenham has him in with a chance of soon playing for England.
The 21-year old striker is enjoying a breakout season which has seen him score 17 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions and now has him on the radar of Three Lions boss Hodgson.
The England manager believes Kane is now one of a number of talented young strikers - including West Bromwich Albion's Saido Berahino and Burnley's Danny Ings - who will be vying for a spot in Gareth Southgate's final squad for the U21 European Championship in the Czech Republic in June this year. He also suggests a senior call-up is not for off for the Spurs fan favourite.
"Harry is one of those players - Andros Townsend being another one - who didn't exactly burst on to the scene in his club side and get straight in," Hodgson said.
"They got loaned out first and sent out to different places to learn their trade, if you like, or at least pick up some important aspects of their trade.
"We have watched [Kane] for a while and I worked with him briefly in the Under-21s when I filled in for one game.
"Harry has come on in leaps and bounds and I'm not surprised because I know [the former coaches] Tim Sherwood and Les Ferdinand very well. They have worked with him at Tottenham and they always believed in him as a goalscorer.
"It's tremendous to see people like him doing so well and quite strange that in the Under-21s a year or two ago we were bemoaning the fact we didn't think our forwards were up to the level of the midfielders - and yet suddenly Kane, Saido Berahino and Danny Ings are all doing exceptionally well.
"It will be a headache for Gareth who he picks to play in the summer."
