Whether England progress to the quarter-finals or go out of the football World Cup against Mexico in the early hours of Monday morning, there is one glaring truth: Without Harry Kane’s ‘Captain Fantastic’ goal-scoring touch they would not have made the last 16.

Yet Kane, and Jude Bellingham, the other main motor in Thomas Tuchel’s team, play football in Europe rather than the Premier League.
Superstar striker Kane plays for Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga, while Bellingham, 23, plays for Real Madrid in Spain’s La Liga.
Their presence has given England football a tangible uplift. It h...