Do England have Harry Kane replacement – or is he yet to emerge?

There are some intriguing centre-forward options coming through.

Aston Villa’s 17-year-old striker Brian Madjo scored five goals in pre-season for Villa, including one in the UEFA Super Cup against European champions Paris Saint-Germain, bullying the elite centre-back duo of Marquinhos and Willian Pacho throughout.

Madjo has been sidelined for seven weeks since that game because of injury, but he is close to making a first-team return after appearing in a friendly against Sevilla during the international break.

In the Championship, 21-year-old Will Lankshear – a Tottenham academy graduate like Kane – has hit the ground running for Middlesbrough with eight goals in 11 appearances for his new club.

Man City’s Divin Mubama, on loan at Southampton, has scored five goals in 10 European under-21 Championship qualifiers, while the likes of Bristol City’s Dom Ballard and Millwall’s Josh Coburn are seen as young strikers with huge potential.

And Kane could yet give them time to develop having been inspired by the longevity of the newly retired Lionel Messi.

“As you see on the other end with Leo there, he’s still performing at the highest level,” Kane said after England’s semi-final loss to Argentina in the summer. “So I never want to put a limit on these things.”

England supporters will hope so. So will Tuchel. That way, the Kane conundrum is likely to be passed on to one of his successors.

“There will be someone else, but it will not be Harry or a copy of Harry,” Tuchel added. “We will find a solution when it comes to it but maybe not me. It might be another 10 years.”