Thomas Tuchel says there is no more fitting "role model" than Harry Kane to equal Peter Shilton's England appearance record -- and revealed he would dive around pretending to be the goalkeeper growing up.
Tuesday will be the latest in a long line of special nights for the country's all-time top scorer, who is set to win his 125th cap in the Nations League clash against Czechia at Wembley.
Kane will equal Shilton's long-standing record as the most capped England men's player and the Bayern Munich sharpshooter will go on to break it during November's doubleheader should he avoid injury.
England boss Tuchel told talkSPORT: "When I was a young boy, I was Peter Shilton in goal. I didn't even know exactly why I was.
"I had a favour for English goalkeepers. I don't know why and my friends didn't really know what I was talking about, so hopefully the next generations all over the world will be Harry Kane in their backyard.
"Maybe even if they don't have the chance to see him live, which was the case when I was younger. But nowadays that is much, much more easier.
"He's a role model in the way he behaves, in the way he leads the team and in the way of course he produces outstanding performances, so, yeah, it cannot be a better one to take the record of Peter Shilton."
Shilton made his final appearance for England at the 1990 World Cup having made his debut 20 years earlier.
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Kane's bow came against Lithuania in March 2015, when he scored the first of what is now an ever-expanding national team record of 89 goals.
"I'm not sure if I have any more words because I feel like he scores all the time and he plays fantastic," Tuchel said of a striker who has scored four times across this three-game autumn camp.
"He's in the shortlist for Ballon d'Or, so we spoke so often about him. Then I try to find new words, which then make no sense.
"It's just everything he does, he does it on the highest level and he does it consecutively.
"I am very sure that he will be the one leading the team out on the pitch [for training], and he will be the one leading the team in the warm-up and not do one step less or one step slower.
"That's just the level that he shows. I think he had a fantastic game for us and he stepped up in intensity in his game, and the effort in his game.
"Since he takes this major role for Bayern Munich, he found a new level, and it's on and off the pitch highest level."