Asked whether he had a plan for Toney for the rest of this international camp and before the squad is trimmed from 33 players, Southgate said: "He will be involved in the game on Friday but I have got to get Harry Kane right so sometimes the priorities of what's required and what you would like to see as well, you can't achieve all of those objectives. Simple as that." Southgate had already confirmed Kane will start against Iceland.

It was hardly a ringing endorsement for Toney who appears to clearly be behind Watkins in the pecking order. The Aston Villa striker earned his 11th cap against Bosnia although this season he has found it hard to continue his outstanding club form with his country.

Kane is irreplaceable, of course, and there will be relief for Southgate that he came through the game against Bosnia with no apparent problems after suffering from a troubling back issue at the end of the campaign with Bayern Munich. The England captain had not played since being substituted because of the problem during Bayern's Champions League semi-final exit against Real Madrid on May 8.

Southgate confirmed that Kane, who scored his 63rd goal in his 90th appearance for England in the win over Bosnia, had been training with the rest of the squad this week. "He needed the first couple of days [after the squad assembled] but has trained fully since then," he said.

It may well be that Southgate takes both Watkins and Toney as under-studies to Kane, given he can choose 26 players, but his priorities appear to lie elsewhere as he wrestles with fitness issues involving other players which may have a knock-on effect on his final selection.