England manager Thomas Tuchel said he has not spoken to his players about the World Cup qualifying record they could set in Sunday's game against Albania.

If Tuchel's side beat Albania and keep a clean sheet, they will become the first European side to win all their qualifiers without conceding.

With a place at next year's World Cup secured, Tuchel's only focus is to continue building towards the tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico.

"I didn't speak a single word about that," Tuchel said when asked if he was using the possible achievement as motivation going into England's final qualifier.

"We need to get the foundation right to have a chance to have these records.

"Just by thinking about it or by talking about it, nothing will change.

"We need to deliver again. The feeling and the trust is absolutely there because I witnessed this in camp. I trust my players to perform again."

Albania will finish second in the group and enter the play-offs for the World Cup regardless of Sunday's result.

Despite there being nothing on paper to play for, Tuchel said his players are still showing the motivation and hunger that he craves.

"We made sure yesterday we had the training session that we had. The quality and mentality of the guys who didn't play was on the highest level, which was pure pleasure to watch and be part of," he said.

"It showed me again that we are building and growing in the right way. Everyone is ready to play. Everyone is desperate to start. The competition is still on. The hunger is on to be on the pitch tomorrow. That is most important."

The match against Albania is the last that England will play this year and will mean there is only one more international break before Tuchel names his squad for the World Cup next summer.

And the German wants his side to deliver a performance that shows the developments made since he officially took charge in January.

"In general I just hope and I feel the hunger for us to win, and to achieve something is bigger than the fear of losing and the fear of maybe losing a record of clean sheets," Tuchel said.

"These things just happen. We are well aware that we put a lot of effort in to defend as a team and it's only possible to have so many clean sheets because we defend properly as a team, which is the case, but you also need a bit of luck in certain moments.

"We should not focus too much on what we have to lose. We should be more excited about the next possibility to show our quality and to have another exciting and intense match."

England captain Harry Kane said remaining unbeaten without conceding provides extra motivation for players.

"The last game in an England shirt for the year is always important to win for momentum," the 32-year-old said.

"We also know we have qualified and Albania are into the play-offs, but we still have not conceded and I think that is a great motivation.

"Not conceding any goals through the campaign would be special motivation.

"It is also about reaching our level, and if we do we feel we can beat any team in the world, it doesn't matter who the opposition is."

Kane, who played under Tuchel at Bayern Munich, said the manager has an "aura" which helps players on and off the pitch.

"He's done a really good job," Kane said. "Coming in to being England manager is never easy, especially after Gareth (Southgate), who was one of our most successful managers.

"He's tried to stamp his own feel into training, into meetings. He comes with a lot of enthusiasm.

"Tactically we are really precise going into every game. He's been building different ideas leading up to next summer.

"From now until then there will be more he would like to add. Tactically he has been fantastic.

"He brings a personality - he brings an aura that represents an England manager.

"Going into a major tournament that is important - other teams know he is one of the best managers in the world and that brings weight as well."