August curse can’t stop Kane firing England on

HARRY Kane does not subscribe to his supposed ‘August curse’ but is still glad England’s World Cup qualifier against Malta falls on September 1.

Spurs hitman Kane has never scored a Premier League goal in August, an eyebrow-raising statistic for a player who has won the Premier League’s golden boot two years running with a combined 54 strikes.

He has hit the woodwork this term but has yet to find the net in matches against Newcastle, Chelsea and Burnley and is glad to be turning the calendar page.

“Obviously, for some reason the ball doesn’t seem to go in in August. Who knows why?” he said.

“I haven’t scored in August yet, so there is still room for improvement. I feel like I am in a good place physically at the moment, so that’s good.

“My job now is to try to score for England in the next two games and go from there. The Malta game is on September 1, so we’ve all had a little joke about it. I should be good to go now.

“I’ve had two very good seasons without scoring in August before, so I just need to keep my head down and work hard because I know the goals will come.”

If everything goes to form against a Malta side ranked 190th in the world, and Slovakia at Wembley three days later, England should have one hand on qualification. Maybe even two, depending on other results.

But Kane accepts the real measure of the Three Lions, who have sorely underperformed on the big stage for too long, awaits at the finals in Russia next summer.

Wolters is back in training after suffering a hamstring injury against Hamilton.