Who is the best English forward currently?

Harry Kane

Kane is currently England’s best striker

Caps: 11

Rating: 8.5/10

Few players have more contrasting records domestically and internationally than Tottenham’s Harry Kane. The 23-year-old is the top scorer this Premier League campaign so far with 19 league goals and won the Golden Boot last season two with 22 goals, ahead of national counterpart Jamie Vardy.

An indication then that the UEFA Euro 2016 campaign sandwiched between that would too have been emphatic, right?

Unfortunately for Kane, he could not deliver the goods for his nation and in his 11 caps for England so far, he’s scored on five occasions. His poor form in France last summer really stems from a lack of international experience. It was Kane’s first competitive tournament for the Three Lions and he was expected to lead the line with the form he’d exhibited at White Hart Lane all season; hardly a fair expectation.

Now that Kane has one tournament under his belt, he’s more prepared to approach the next. It’s a tussle between him and Aguero for the best striker in the Premier League at present in my view, meaning Kane is more than justified in receiving the honour of the best English forward in the game.