The sentiment is shared by Harlee Dean, who captained the youngster during his breakthrough season at Birmingham City. Dean believes his natural authority makes him the obvious successor.
He explained: "He's playing chest out, he's not hiding from anything. I don't even think he would probably be [too hung up on becoming captain] - as much of an honour as it is to be captain of England. I imagine he's [like]: ‘If it comes, it comes. If it doesn't, it doesn't.’ It might be part of his plan, but I think he'll just continue to be the one that everyone looks to in that team regardless. He's dragging them along with him. He's making people around him better, I think. So you would say that maybe two, three years down the line, whenever Harry Kane decides to call it a day, it would naturally go to Jude, in my opinion.”