Roy Hodgson says Harry Kane is ready to make the step up to the England senior team – if a space in the upcoming squad can be found for him.
With 24 goals to his name Kane has been one of the shining lights in Tottenham Hotspur’s season.
And the England manager says his form has not gone unnoticed.
Harry Kane collects the London Young Player of the Year award
"He's in my thoughts of course, he deserves to be," Hodgson said, speaking at the London Football Awards, which raises funds for national charity, Willow.
"He's scoring goals for one of our top teams in the Premier League but I know him anyway, he's done a lot of good work for the Under-21s.”
Kane was named London Young Players of the Year at the ceremony on Thursday evening.
However, it is not just the Spurs man vying for a spot in Hodgson's squad to face Lithuania and Italy at the end of March.
A number of other in-form, uncapped players are all gunning to be involved.
Saido Berahino, Danny Ings and Charlie Austin have all impressed for their clubs this season - but it is Kane who has been dominating the headlines in recent weeks.
"I'm delighted for him and we'll see when I select my squad at the end of month if he's in it," Hodgson added.
"He's ready. If he wasn't ready he wouldn't be playing for Tottenham and scoring lots of goals.
“He's ready. If he wasn't ready he wouldn't be playing for Tottenham and scoring lots of goals.”
Roy Hodgson on Harry Kane
"If he comes in then someone's going to drop out and most forwards we've got have done quite well in the autumn.
"But I can't include everyone unfortunately. It's not always a question of 'are they good enough?', it's a question of 'is there space at this time?'."
Hodgson’s side welcome Lithuania to Wembley for a Euro 2016 qualifier on Friday 27 March, before travelling to Turin to take on Italy in a friendly four days later.
"I am looking forward to it, we all are," Hodgson added.
"Certainly I and my coaching staff are. I hope the players are looking forward to it, too.
"It will be nice to see them again. We did plan a little meeting in January but we found another way of staying in touch with them.
"I hope to see them in as good a shape as I thought they were last autumn."
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