Which strikers will Thomas Tuchel choose to back up Harry Kane at the World Cup?

Which strikers will Thomas Tuchel choose to back up Harry Kane at the World Cup? Harry Kane has been the jewel in the English crown for some time now. Ever since being made captain almost a decade ago, the Bayern Munich striker has carried his country on his back.

Record goalscorer, a 2018 World Cup golden boot, and back-to-back European Championship finals speak to his importance, and if England are to end 60 years of hurt at the upcoming World Cup, he will be the most important man for the task at hand. Online betting sites make England contenders this summer. The latest 2026 FIFA World Cup odds price Thomas Tuchel’s men as an 11/2 second-favorite behind 9/2 frontrunners Spain, the team that famously beat the Three Lions in the most recent of those Euro finals in Berlin two years ago.

Kane, meanwhile, is also tipped to be in the goals, the bookies pricing him as a 7/1 shot to win the Golden Boot for a second time, with only French hitman Kylian Mbappe considered more likely at 6/1. But one of England manager Tuchel’s biggest headaches heading into the summer’s North American showdown is the form of the rest of his attacking arsenal. While Kane is in blistering form – netting 45 goals in 38 games in all competitions in Bavaria – the rest of England’s striking options most certainly are not.

So, who will the German boss select to back up his captain at the biggest sporting event on the planet? Let’s take a look. Ollie Watkins Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins was considered the most likely striker not named Harry Kane to be selected in England’s World Cup squad.