Marcus Rashford has revealed how he has been trying to outscore Harry Kane in England training in a bid to become more prolific in front of goal.

But Rashford will not be trying to take England penalty duties off Kane, despite winning the battle with Paul Pogba to become Manchester United’s No 1 taker.

Both Kane and Rashford will start England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Bulgaria at Wembley on Saturday, with each man desperate to get on the scoresheet.

Former England striker Michael Owen has questioned whether Rashford has the natural desire to become one of United and England’s top scorers, but the 21-year-old disagrees.

“If you watch training, then you’d see how it all works,” Rashford said. “I could use Harry Kane as an example. He’s one of the best finishers that I’ve played with and whenever we do finishing, in my head, it’s about being as close to him as possible.

“So if he scores six, you want to score six, if he scores seven, you want to score eight. Little things like that are the bits that people never see. Even though we’re fighting for the same position, or to be in the same team, we really do drive each other on and it’s very important that you have that sort of atmosphere within a team.