On this day 11 years ago, Harry Kane came on as a substitute for Wayne Rooney at Wembley to make his England debut against Lithuania. Eighty seconds later, he was wheeling off to celebrate scoring his first England goal.
Since then, Kane has gone on to be England's all-time leading scorer with 78 goals, and the single most important player for his country for a decade. Most feel that England cannot win the World Cup without him fit and firing.
But Thomas Tuchel has to prepare for a potential nightmare scenario where Kane isn't available. Injury, suspension, heat exhaustion - all are possible reasons why Kane could be KO'd.
So what's the plan B up top? Who is Kane's natural understudy? At Wembley against Uruguay on Friday, in the penultimate friendly before the England boss has to pick his World Cup squad, opportunity knocks for the two Dominics.
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