Tottenham defender Cameron Carter-Vickers says he is looking forward to facing Harry Kane and fellow academy graduate Harry Winks in what will be a ‘special’ occasion when England face USA at Wembley on Thursday.

Carter-Vickers, 20, grew up in Southend-on-Sea but is eligible for the US Men’s National Team through his father, Howard Carter, who had a spell in the NBA.

After two loan spells last term, Carter-Vickers is currently out with Swansea but is relishing a reunion with Winks on the international stage.

“Yeah I have been looking forward to it after I saw the squad was announced and I saw he was in, hopefully we’re both out on the pitch because it will be special for me,” Carter-Vickers told Standard Sport.

“Someone I have played with and grown up with through the age groups, we get to play at Wembley on the international stage.”

Winks has been put forward as the answer to England’s midfield problems going forward, but Carter-Vickers knows it is a challenge which won’t phase him.

“He is very confident, he is confident in his own ability, he knows what he can do on the ball and he works hard. I don’t think it will phase him and he’ll be up for the challenge.”

As well as Winks, the USA international will also be familiar with, among others, Three Lions captain Harry Kane, and he is relishing the challenge of marking the marksman.

He added: “I’m looking forward to it, he’s a great player and it will be a tough test but I’m looking forward to it,” before joking, “I’ll give him a kick if I get the chance.”

On his personal development, the defender said he is enjoying his time in the Championship and insisted his full focus was on Graham Potter’s side and will make a decision over his Tottenham future when he returns to London at the end of the season.

“I am enjoying it, the manager is good and so is the team, the manager wants us to play in the right way, playing out the back, keeping possession. I feel like I am improving,” he said.

“The way I am, I just take it as it goes. At the moment I am at Swansea, trying to impress and get results there, and then when I go back to Tottenham at the end of the season then we’ll have to look at the picture from there.”

On the criticism over Wayne Rooney’s inclusion in the friendly, Carter-Vickers added: “Personally I think it is a good thing, I class him as an England legend, he scored so many goals for England and he deserves a game to say goodbye.

“I don’t think anyone in our squad sees it as a cheap cap, some of these guys play in MLS and see what he is doing. They still think he is a good players and deserves the cap.”