Harry Kane has said he finds it hard to comprehend that he may be England's joint all-time appearance holder within the next fortnight but cannot help wonder why the record is not higher.
Peter Shilton won the last of his 125 caps at the 1990 World Cup and the upcoming Nations League fixtures offers the country's record goalscorer the chance to match that figure.
England captain Kane enters the new-look four-match international window on 121 appearances, with Saturday's mouthwatering encounter with Spain kicking off what could be a milestone meet-up.
"It's hard to take in," the Bayern Munich striker said. "I have spoken before about when you are a player it is hard to process the moments that you achieve and the records you break, etc.
"But, growing up, the dream was just to play for England and being most capped was never even in my mind at that stage.
"The journey has been incredible to this stage, and we have achieved so much as a group and personally achieved so much and been in finals, taking the England team to a level that it hasn't been for a long, long time.
"So, to be four away from all-time is just incredible and hopefully I am able to play the four games and then be back in November and be able to break it.
"It will be an amazing occasion, an amazing feeling. It's just when I think of other nations, 125 actually for a nation is not as much as some of the others."
Kane is just one of 10 men to have reached a century of caps for England.
By contrast, Cristiano Ronaldo has represented Portugal a world-leading 233 times with contemporaries Lionel Messi and Luka Modric also having passed 200 caps.
Furthermore, Kane's former Tottenham team-mates Christian Eriksen, Jan Vertonghen and Ivan Perisic are among a variety of modern-day players to have featured in over 150 internationals.
"It makes you wonder why as well with England," the long-serving skipper said. "Is it a cultural thing? Is it a mentality thing? Is it maybe the pressure from the outside?
"Why have some of our great England players not reached that 160, 170, 180 like some of the other nations?
"From my point of view, it will be an honour but ultimately there is still a long way to go and still hopefully a lot more caps I can achieve.
"But it will be a special occasion and ultimately beyond my dreams even as a kid."
England's Oct. 6 encounter against Czechia at Wembley would be the day Kane equals Shilton's tally should he feature in the other three autumn fixtures.
Trips to Czechia and Croatia follow Saturday's Nations League opener against Spain, when Kane is desperate to lay down a marker at Wembley.
"Look, we're playing the reigning European champions, the reigning world champions, so it doesn't get any tougher in terms of who we're going to face," he said.
"But ultimately if we want to be Nations League champions, European champions in a couple years, we're going to have to beat teams like Spain and Croatia and the bigger nations. It's good for us to test ourselves, test the group."
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