England might not play again until the summer but Thursday night would have brought a smile to Thomas Tuchel's face.

The England manager watched his side labour for goals without captain and record goalscorer Harry Kane during last month's friendlies against Uruguay and Japan.

It once again underlined Tuchel's limited options when it comes to an alternative for 32-year-old Kane, with the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico a little more than two months away.

So he would have been very happy to find out Ollie Watkins had come up with two more goals for Aston Villa in their 3-1 win against Bologna in the Europa League quarter-final first leg in Italy.

The Villa forward was left out of the expanded 35-man England squad by Tuchel in March, having scored just one goal in his previous nine Premier League matches.

"Watkins is not with us but this is more down to the fact that I know what he can bring to the group - I know him very well," Tuchel said during the squad announcement.

Despite the comments, the striker's hopes of making it to...