Bellingham, who is at the beginning of what should be a glittering career, will be desperate to win such a prestigious prize so early in his career.
For Kane, there’s a feeling that this could be among his last opportunities to win the biggest prize.
While Tottenham and England’s all-time top goalscorer will go down in history as one of English football’s top strikers, it’s his lack of silverware which often dominates headlines.
Harry Kane has revealed his disappointment with the number of withdrawals from the England squad this week, suggesting some England players have forgotten the importance of representing their country.
Nine players pulled out of England’s squad to face Greece on Thursday and Republic of Ireland on Monday night.
Carsley, who is taking charge of his final camp before new boss Thomas Tuchel takes over, will be without a string of senior players after Aaron Ramsdale, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Levi Colwill, Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer, Jack Grealish and Phil Foden withdrew from the squad, with Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite becoming the latest to drop out on Wednesday evening.
England captain Harry Kane on squad withdrawals: “It’s a shame this week, obviously. It’s a tough period of the season and maybe that’s been taken advantage of a little bit. I don’t really like it if I’m totally honest. England comes before anything and any club situation.
Interim coach Lee Carsley was delighted with the progress of his England side as they defeated Greece 3-0 in Athens to move top of their Nations League group.
Having fallen to a 2-1 defeat to Greece when they travelled to Wembley at the start of October, the Three Lions exacted revenge as Ollie Watkins opened the scoring early before an own goal and debut goal from Curtis Jones completed the rout deep in the second half.
The travelling side entered the international break without several key figures, including Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka, Phil Foden and Trent Alexander-Arnold, after nine players withdrew with injury.
While England are set to welcome the Republic of Ireland to their home venue on Sunday, Carsley is pleased with the development he has seen so far.
“It represents that we are moving in the right direction. We won’t get too carried away, we have a big game on Sunday at Wembley,” he told ITV.
“It is just important the players played to their strengths. We have a lot of outstanding talent. The players that weren’t here, we concentrated on the ones who were. They took their opportunity today.”
Carsley’s team featured three debutants – Jones, Morgan Rogers and Lewis Hall – with Jones scoring an audacious backheel flick to stun the crowd.
The Liverpool midfielder capped off what was already a tremendous performance as he had the most touches from either team (86) and delivered 100% passing accuracy in the final third.
“Curtis Jones is an outstanding player. He played really well, even without his goal. With his goal it was an excellent performance,” Carsley enthused.
“People were speaking last night about the inexperience in the squad but these players are playing for their clubs at a really high level.”
Emerging Tottenham Hotspur teenager Mikey Moore says he wants to “create excitement” after teammate James Maddison likened him to Brazil legend Neymar.
The 17-year-old has been handed an increasing number of first-team minutes this season by Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou, who has previously said that Moore is “ready to start any game”.
Moore caught the eye during Spurs’ 2-0 win over Ferencvaros in the Europa League in October, before an impressive display against AZ Alkmaar – also on the European stage – prompted Maddison to gush: “From minute 45 to 65, I thought we had Neymar on the left wing.”
The young Englishman, already capped at England Under-19 level, also became Tottenham’s youngest player to start a Premier League since September 1993 when Postecoglou picked him for the 1-0 defeat at Crystal Palace in October.
Speaking to Spurs’ official website, Moore has admitted that he instinctively wants to get supporters out of their seats by making something happen, but also tried to temper Maddison’s comments somewhat by insisting he still has a lot to learn.
“For me, personally, I always want to create that excitement in the crowd. When I got the ball I was thinking, ‘I’m going to beat my man or try to make something happen’, and I felt that from the fans, manager and players whenever I had the ball – it was a top game.
Doing that at home and playing in front of our crowd in that stadium was a dream come true. I know Madders came out after the game with a big compliment but I’m not sure about that just yet! It’s obviously nice to hear but that was only one game so there’s still a lot more to do.”
Moore’s comments echo those made by Postecoglou in October, with the former Celtic boss suggesting that time and opportunities will be afforded to him in order to aid his development.
“What we want to continue to do is develop Mikey in the right way, give him the platform to keep improving,” Postecoglou said. “So far, whatever we’ve asked of him, he’s made a real impact and the plan is to continue to do that.
“Mikey just wants to be Mikey. He’s very mature for a 17-year-old. He handles things really well, both positive and negative. He works hard every day. And he’s making an impact at an age where it is very difficult at this level. But that’s the beginning of a process for him.”
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