His club manager Pep Guardiola described Tottenham Hotspur as “the Harry Kane team”, but Manchester City defender John Stones does not believe England will become too reliant on their star striker.

Kane scored 13 goals for club and country in September and his hot streak started with a brace for England against Malta.

Ahead of the final two World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Lithuania, the 24-year-old’s form has earned him comparisons with Cristiano Ronaldo.

But Stones does not foresee England revolving around Kane, in the same way the likes of Portugal, Argentina and Wales have modelled themselves around Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Gareth Bale.

Asked if England could soon be known as ‘the Harry Kane team’, Stones replied: “I think Harry, if you spoke to him and asked him that question, he would say he would not want it to be like that because that is the type of guy he is – a team player.