Wayne Rooney builds England's perfect striker with attributes from him and Harry Kane

Wayne Rooney built the perfect England striker when comparing attributes in his playing days to those of Harry Kane.

Rooney's Three Lions career saw him score 53 goals in 120 appearances, representing his country at six international tournaments.

He smashed Sir Bobby Charlton's record in September 2015, holding the record for seven-and-a-half years, before Kane snatched it away himself.

The Bayern Munich star is still England's main man, with Thomas Tuchel keeping him 'wrapped in cotton wool' ahead of their World Cup opener against Croatia on 17 June.

If you could combine the best aspects of England's two greatest-ever strikers, what would you get? Other than Wayne Kane or Harry Rooney.

Well, speaking to SPORTbible ahead of the BBC's coverage of this year's World Cup, for which he will be providing punditry, Rooney decided to drill into exactly where he and Kane differ as players, as well as where they excel.

Finishing

Right off the bat, Rooney declared Kane was a better overall finisher.

"Yeah, he's a better finisher," he replied as quickly as the question ended. Kane's goal-scoring prowess speaks for itself, having netted an astonishing 61 goals in 51 appearances for Bayern Munich this season.

Heading

This is one that took Rooney down memory lane.

"It'll be quite close this one, actually," he quipped. Memories of the 2009/2010 campaign came rolling back when Rooney scored 10 headers for Manchester United.

Still, that wasn't enough to stop Kane from making it 2-0. He continued: "I think Harry has scored more headers than me. I scored a lot in that year [09/10], but based on goals scored, I think I have to give it to Harry."

Vision and touch

Despite being strikers by trade, Rooney and Kane have both received acclaim for their technical ability. Regarding both as purely goal-scoring machines does neither man service. The former Red Devils captain gave himself vision and touch to level the scores.

Dribbling

Maybe the toughest selection so far.

Rooney hesitated before responding: "When I was younger, me. I think now he's a bit older, he's better at this stage than I was at that age, but when we were younger, me."

When pushed on the importance of dribbling as a striker, Rooney said: "When I was younger, that was my game. I was raw and more of a dribbler than I was towards the backend of my career."

Pace, aggression and tackling

Rooney didn't need to elaborate here. All three aspects set him apart from other forwards in his generation. Instantly, three points to Wazza.

Footballing IQ

"This one is quite tough," Rooney admitted. "I would've said me, but over the last four or five years, that's improved with Harry. He's become more of a link-up player. I'm split on that one. I think we saw him doing it for Tottenham and England; he's carried it on for Bayern Munich. Harry's never been the quickest, but as he's got older and got more experience, he's developed and added to his game."

Verdict

So in total, Rooney gave himself vision, touch, pace, aggression and tackling. Kane was given finishing and heading, but things were neck and neck regarding dribbling and overall footballing IQ. Ultimately, we think this striker would smash every record for every team and nation he represents.