Question marks have been raised about the focus of the Chelsea starlet after he handed in a transfer request to try to force through a move to Bayern Munich in January. And Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has spoken out about the effect over-hyping the 18-year-old could have. “When you have pressure when you are 18, it is dangerous, you can lose the target,” he warned recently. Well he certainly lost the target a good deal more often than Kane, in England’s open training session. In a finishing drill overseen by Scottish attacking coach Allan Russell, the England skipper embarrassed his fellow strikers with his ability to find the back of the net. Hudson-Odoi did get praise from Russell for one rasping drive into the roof of the net. But too often his shots at the end of drills performed in association with Harry Kane were wide of the target or easily saved.

Alongside them, with Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling doing conditioning work in the gym, Callum Wilson and Jadon Sancho formed another pairing which also misfired badly. Fewer than one in three efforts were being converted, with the low point coming when Sancho stepped on the ball with his non-kicking foot then sliced a shot that nearly hit the corner flag. Kane, meanwhile, was like a machine. Tom Heaton, at full stretch, was able to get a hand to one low left foot drive but the rest were unstoppable. 11 out of 12 of Kane’s efforts found the back of the net, with the round-robin of England goalkeepers trying to stop him often finding themselves sent in the wrong direction to boot. Then in a final exercise involving all four players, each striker was given two shots at goal. Wilson 0, Hudson-Odoi 0, Sancho 0, Kane 2.

Callum Hudson-Odoi and co given BRUTAL reality check by Harry Kane in England training

Callum Hudson-Odoi and co given BRUTAL reality check by Harry Kane in England training

Callum Hudson-Odoi and co given BRUTAL reality check by Harry Kane in England training

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Callum Hudson-Odoi and co given BRUTAL reality check by Harry Kane in England training