England fear Tottenham star Harry Kane ‘will not be fully fit for World Cup after rushing back from injury’

ENGLAND reportedly fear Harry Kane is risking his fitness for the World Cup as he chases golden boot rival Mo Salah.

The Spurs hitman has scored three in six since taking just three weeks to return from ankle ligament damage.

And The Times claims the Three Lions’ backroom team feel Kane has rushed back from injury too quickly as he was expected to have a six-week lay-off.

Gareth Southgate watched his talisman score in the 2-0 win over Watford last night.

But Kane’s overall performance was poor and he is running the slowest he has all season.

The 27-goal hitman has been in superb form for club and country this season and is determined to catch  Salah – the Premier League’s leading scorer with 31.

But he struggled at Euro 2016 and also failed to perform under Southgate in the 2015 Under-21 Euros.

After netting against Watford, Kane addressed concerns over his fitness as well as the controversial mocking tweet from The FA.

He said:  “The ankle is fine. It was good to score against Watford and I had a couple of other chances too.

“I feel good and I am looking forward to the last three weeks of the season.

Kane added: “I talked to the gaffer about it and all he was saying was, ‘Would other countries do that to their own players?’ Probably not.

“The FA tweet was a silly tweet, we all know that. It is something that has gone, it was two weeks ago or whatever it was, I am over it.

“The gaffer said I was sad about it, but I am focused. I am a guy who gets on with things.

“If it happens, it happens, I move on, I look forward, I look forward to the next game, that’s all I worry about, getting out on the pitch and doing my job.

“It is easier these days to maybe banter England players or take the mick out of England players, if we don’t do well in the World Cup it’s, ‘Oh we told you so’.

“It’s maybe a weaker mentality, but it is what it is, as a team we are focused on what we need to do.

“We have got to go with a mindset and a belief that we can win, we try and win everything we do and the World Cup is no different.”