Brereton on loan .....

[mistaram]

Shearer and Pearce were in the same England team on a regular basis, enuff said. Alan Shearer can lay
claim to England's best ever striker, it's between him, Lineker and Charlton, maybe some would say Stan Matthews and Duncan Edwards. Best in Europe at the time, maybe a bit difficult considering there were strikers like Weah, Van Basten, Papin and a host of Italians and Brazilians, But he would be mentioned along the same lines I'm sure.
Best shielder of the ball I've seen though, you could never get the ball off him except via a foul.not from

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" Shearer can lay claim to England's best ever striker " Are we forgetting Rooney here 119 goals mainly from attacking midfield position

[Romanis]

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" Shearer can lay claim to England's best ever striker " Are we forgetting Rooney here 119 goals mainly from attacking midfield position

I accept your point and sometimes it's herd to compare players from different eras. I think you have his caps and goals mixed up.
However let us not forget that Rooney has 53 goals ( the record) from 119 caps. Whereas both Shearer and Lineker, even those before played far less and those days we didn't have the likes of San Marino, Gibraltar, Azerbaijan, Armenia and these other footballing lightweights. Plus more games too in major Championships (Euros I think).

So although Rooney did really impress in his early years, I think history will probably rate and rank Shearer and Lineker higher.

[Romanis]

There's a good chance that Kane if he has a long career can eclipse Rooney's record.