No doubting Kane class, but he needs help from runners to get best out of him

LET US begin by cooling the jets on one thing. Harry Kane, fitness permitting (and that is another question in itself) will not, and should not, be dropped from this England team.

- Malik Ouzia

The captain's goal to open the scoring against Denmark here in Frankfurt was his 64th in international football. Only one other player in Gareth Southgate's squad has more than four.

Kane has started tournaments slowly before and then come alive. Indeed, this was the first time he had scored in a group stage since the World Cup in Russia six years ago.

The presence of a world-class No9 is something England, for all their deficiencies, have been able to rely upon for years when the likes of France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Dutch have not. To surrender that advantage now would be insane.