Should Harry Kane require any reminder that invincibility in football is generally fleeting, he need only glance across the England dressing-room. Theo Walcott has been the focus for previous outpourings of national hope but, as he approaches what should now be the peak years of his career, England’s youngest debutant and hat-trick scorer currently stands on the periphery. That is largely down to the knee surgery he underwent back in January 2014 but also a consequence of a landscape at both Arsenal and England that has shifted considerably in the intervening year. Danny Welbeck, Alexis Sanchez, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Raheem Sterling have all edged towards the front of the...
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