Offer Gareth Southgate the chance to swathe one of his players in bubble wrap and guarantee him to be fit, well and on the plane for Russia and he would identify Harry Kane.
The sight of the prolific Tottenham striker twisting his right ankle again at Bournemouth would have been enough to bring the England boss out in a cold sweat.
Kane is one of very few who can be sure of their precise role at the World Cup: as England's spearhead, playing up front, through the middle, the leader of the attack.