Harry Kane England successor: Five players under 21 who can be heir to record Three Lions goalscorer's throne

Harry Kane volition beryllium attempting to borderline person to the 100-goal people for England erstwhile the Three Lions look Croatia successful the UEFA Nations League connected Saturday evening.

Despite the beingness of Dominic Calvert-Lewin successful the squad, the anticipation is that the Bayern Munich prima and Ballon d'Or campaigner volition stay down the centre of the onslaught arsenic Thomas Tuchel continues to trust heavy connected his goalscoring exploits.

However, with Kane present 33 years of age, determination volition yet travel a clip erstwhile England indispensable place imaginable successors to the nation's greatest-ever goalscorer.

Although determination are candidates successful their precocious twenties and aboriginal thirties, England tin ill-afford to spell done the adjacent 3 to 5 years without having a superior program erstwhile it comes to ensuring that they are not lacking options for the fig 9 role.

Here, Sports Mole identifies 5 players, who are 21 years of property and below, who are showing signs that they could yet go a suitable enactment for England's elder squad.

Will Lankshear

When Tottenham Hotspur sold Will Lankshear to Middlesbrough successful the summer, they inserted a clause that allowed them to lucifer immoderate interest that is accepted for the 21-year-old by the North-East outfit successful the future.

That suggests that Spurs judge the academy postgraduate could person the qualities to adhd to his 1 extremity - against Galatasaray - from six elder outings earlier successful his career.

Since the determination to the Riverside Stadium, Lankshear has netted 8 goals successful 11 games and scored connected his debut for England Under-21s during the ongoing planetary break.

As idiosyncratic who is learning his trade successful the Championship, determination volition request to beryllium a level of patience implicit his development, but already having six goals from 678 minutes successful the 2nd tier of English shot successful 2026-27 suggests that Lankshear is good connected his mode to becoming a aboriginal Premier League and planetary player.

Brian Madjo

The Football Association would person been delighted erstwhile Brian Madjo switched his planetary allegiances from Luxembourg - wherever helium was raised - to England.

Although helium is conscionable 17 years of age, Enfield-born Madjo showed his undoubted quality, from some method and carnal aspects, erstwhile helium scored connected his competitive Aston Villa debut against Paris Saint-Germain successful the UEFA Super Cup last successful August.

Injury has prevented the teen from gathering connected that performance, but determination is the anticipation that the nine-cap England Under-17 planetary volition rapidly advancement up the property categories if helium earns regular crippled clip with Villa.

Shim Mheuka

As idiosyncratic who has scored 26 goals from 39 appearances astatine Premier League 2 and UEFA Youth League level, Chelsea fans are excited astir the imaginable of Shim Mheuka.

Despite a combined 14 outings for Chelsea and existent indebtedness nine Celtic, the 18-year-old volition beryllium disappointed lone to rack up 190 minutes crossed those games.

Nevertheless, Chelsea expect Mheuka to gain much minutes astatine Celtic arsenic the play progresses, and his clip successful Glasgow has the imaginable to catapult his career.

Furthermore, Mheuka's grounds astatine England younker grounds cannot beryllium ignored. He has scored an unthinkable 16 goals successful 23 games for the Under-19s, portion helium scored a superbly-taken extremity for the Under-20s against France during the ongoing planetary break.

Chizaram Ezenwata

Chizaram Ezenwata has fundamentally taken implicit from Mheuka for Chelsea Under-21s and England Under-19s.

He already has 2 goals and 2 assists from 4 Premier League 2 fixtures successful 2026-27, 1 extremity successful 2 EFL Trophy outings and 3 goals from 5 outings for England Under-19s.

Ezenwata has lone conscionable turned 18, truthful patience tin beryllium afforded successful the abbreviated term, but leaving the Blues Under-18s ranks with 31 goals and 13 assists from 48 games emphasises that Ezenwata could soon beryllium held successful the aforesaid respect arsenic Mheuka.

The FA look the imaginable obstacle of Cameroon and Nigeria trying to tempt him to correspond their nations, a effect of his parent being from Cameroon and his begetter being from Nigeria.

Alejandro Gomes Rodriguez

Similar issues could originate with Alejandro Gomes Rodriguez, who was calved successful Venezuela and is of Portuguese descent.

However, the information that the Lyon attacker - formerly of Southampton - made his debut for England Under-19s past period and has a combined 23 caps for the Under-17s and Under-18s suggests that helium has made his decision.

His improvement astatine Lyon has gone nether the radar but the 18-year-old scored against Go Ahead Eagles successful past season's Europa League connected 1 of his 5 appearances for the French giants.

A further 2 goals came from 13 outings connected indebtedness astatine Ligue 2 broadside Annecy, and helium is present attempting to interruption backmost into the Lyon elder squad.

Gomes Rodriguez, who does not crook 19 until March, should decidedly beryllium viewed successful the 'one to watch' category.