Almost a decade and a half on from that short-lived spell at Carrow Road, the far from impressive former Norwich City loanee went on to grab football's most prestigious individual prize in an emotional London ceremony on Monday night.

The first English Ballon d'Or winner since Michael Owen a quarter of a century ago, the first to have ever donned the Canaries jersey and a story that, as Kane alluded to, should serve as such an inspiration to so many young kids out there.

As Kane, and so many journalists, have written this week, this was never a story about a schoolboy superstar who burst onto the scene at a young age and seamlessly catapulted himself to the summit.

Not a player like Owen, Lionel Messi or Lamine Yamal, who immediately made their mark on the world at such a young age.

Instead, this is story of resilience, hard work and sheer bloody-mindedness that moulded Kane into perhaps his country's greatest ever player.

Loans at City, Leyton Orient, Millwall and Leicester paved the way for his turbulent rise to the top, hours of unseen work on the training ground that led to his stunning breakthrough season and now decade - and he's not stopped scoring since.

As so many City fans mentioned on social media this week, plus a humorous post from the club that caught a sizeable number of bites south of the Suffolk border, it's fair to say none of us could have ever foreseen this after Kane's calamitous Carrow Road cameo back in 2012.

It would be easy to write this column solely on Kane's triumph, but instead, and off the back of last weekend's much-needed win at Charlton, I was trying to think how his tale translates to City's current state of play.

Granted - although as this has taught us, you can never bet against it! - we probably do not have a future Ballon d'Or winner within our ranks.

And yes, there are obvious differences in the circumstances of the players I'm about to compare.

But in some respects, Mathias Kvistgaarden's starring role at The Valley, plus what remains hopefully to come from him in the future, may function as a microcosm of Kane's rags to riches tale.

The Dane, 24, has divided opinion since his high-profile arrival in Norfolk last summer and, bar the odd glimpse here and there, largely failed to justify the £6m price tag Ben Knapper snapped him up from Brondby for.

Tenacious, yes, combative and a nuisance, of course - but despite a sprinkling of goals, it's fair to say Kvistgaarden's Carrow Road career has yet to fully spark into life.

I for one - although not necessarily vocally in these columns - have been left firmly unconvinced by Kvistgaarden, particularly his finishing and when he gets in behind on goal.

Those limitations were once again evidenced in south London on Saturday lunchtime, with Kvistgaarden spurning a golden opportunity when set free after a worrying opening 20 minutes for City.

But like clockwork, the clearly talented Scandinavian delivered a dazzling assist for Paris Maghoma to level the scores with a brilliant piece of skill, and subsequent pass, from the Charlton halfway line.

At the start of the second period, Kvistgaarden went from provider to scorer with a powerful header at the back post to set City on their way to victory.

A firmly deserved man of the match performance in front of the Sky TV cameras – after a difficult start and that gilt-edged early miss.

Yes, it’s only one game and yes, Kvistgaarden is unlikely to ever go on and emulate Kane, but after a slow start to his City career, could this be the turning point that propels his influence forward?

Like Kane at the London Palladium two days later, Kvistgaarden spoke impressively after his own individual accolade and comes across as a character you really want to root for on the pitch.

And, like Kane, the current City striker far from set the world alight upon his arrival at Carrow Road.

But after the record-breaking England captain improbably turned his career around, we can only hope Kvistgaarden manages to do the same – albeit from a City, and probably not Ballon d’Or-winning, perspective.