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Hodgson suggests Tottenham's Kane may have to be patient before England call

England boss Roy Hodgson suggests Harry Kane may have to wait his turn before he lands a national team call-up.

The Tottenham striker, 21, has been in fine form with 14 Premier League goals this season but that does not necessarily mean he is a certainty to be called up for the Three Lions' next squad to take on Lithuania on March 27 and Italy four days later.

"Kane is ready; if he wasn't ready, he wouldn't be playing for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League and scoring lots of goals," Hodgson told Sky Sports News HQ.

"The factors that always are taken mostly into consideration is has the player got the quality, and the talent we are looking for and is there a space for him because we have other players too.

"Often if someone like Kane is going to come into the squad, then someone is going to drop out and up until now most of the players that we've had, at least in the forward area of our squad, have done quite well for us during the autumn, so you can't include everybody unfortunately."

Hodgson added: "I am delighted for him and we will see when I select my squad at the end of the month whether he is in it or not."

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