Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane two great sources of English pride as duo dazzle abroad

Since then, the likes of Michael Owen, Jonathan Woodgate, Joey Barton, Micah Richards and Joe Cole have all experienced life away from these shores.

Jadon Sancho was a huge hit at Borussia Dortmund as well, having left Manchester City for the Westfalenstadion back in 2017.

And, these days, the likes of Fikayo Tomori, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Tammy Abraham, Samuel Iling Junior and Ronaldo Vieira all play football in Italy.

Nobody quite compares to Bellingham and Kane, however, who are doing the country proud with their mesmeric performances for Real Madrid and Bayern Munich respectively.

Regarding Bellingham, it was an open secret that he was going to leave Borussia Dortmund back in the summer.

After three strong years in Germany, the youngster felt it was the right time to pursue a new challenge elsewhere.

Manchester United were linked but never stood a chance due to their plight in the years since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement.

Liverpool were mooted as potential suitors, only for their lack of Champions League football to count against them.

And while Manchester City wanted Bellingham to be the jewel in their crown, the reality is the 20-year-old never had any interest in going to the Premier League.

That's because Real Madrid were always the club he wanted to join the most.

Upon signing for the club, some critics questioned whether Bellingham would be immediately able to make his mark in Spain.

After all, as a midfielder by trade, he has to compete with A-listers such as Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchouameni for a starting berth.

But Bellingham has reinvented himself in Spain, with Carlo Ancelotti using him as a false nine following Karim Benzema's departure to Saudi Arabia.

The England international has taken to his new role like a duck to water, netting 13 times across all competitions so far.

Of those goals, 10 have come in La Liga.

And that's been enough to propel him to the top of the scoring charts, ahead of Atletico Madrid duo Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata.

The highlight of Bellingham's Madrid career came last weekend when he scored twice in El Clasico to secure all three points against Barcelona.

At the current rate, he could fulfil his dream of winning the Champions League at the very first time of asking.

Then, over in Germany, there's Kane.

He finally got his move to Bayern back in the summer after Tottenham played hardball, opting to leave north London having spent the entirety of his career there to date.

Kane's time with Bayern started poorly with the club failing to win the German Super Cup.

However, since then, he's not looked back.

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Kane has become the first player in Bundesliga history to score 15 goals in his first 10 matches.

He already has 17 across all competitions for Thomas Tuchel's side, which have come in just 14 appearances.

Another fine statistic is that Kane has netted three hat-tricks for his side, too, with the latest coming against Borussia Dortmund on Sunday.

Kane tops the Bundesliga scoring charts so far, having netted once more than VfB Stuttgart star Serhou Guirassy.

Bayern signed him to win the Champions League. Given the way he's performed so far, that prophecy may be fulfilled.

It'll be fascinating to see where Kane and Bellingham go from here.

But it all bodes rather well for England, especially with next summer's European Championships creeping closer.