The Sons beat off competition from a host of other Championship teams to complete the signing of the highly-rated St Johnstone youngster on an initial 28 day deal last Friday.

The 19-year-old striker has been in fine form for St Johnstone’s under-20 side and has also featured on the bench for the Perth side a number of times this season.

However, St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright was keen for the striker to follow in the footsteps of St Johnstone striker Stevie May by learning his trade out on loan before establishing himself in the first team in Perth.

Dumbarton manager Ian Murray was not surprised to see his signing get off to such a good start and he is hoping the clubs will be able to agree on a deal to extend the signing until the end of the season.

The Sons boss explained: “Chris is coming in for 28 days initially and hopefully it will be until the end of the season, depending on St Johnstone’s requirements and depending on whether they can manage to keep hold of Stevie May.

“I think there was a few full time teams looking to take him but I think Tommy wanted him to go to the right club at the right time.

“We had a good chat but when I heard other clubs were interested I thought we might struggle to get him but to be fair to St Johnstone and the manager there he just wants him to go and get games and play at a decent level.

“Our team will certainly create chances and being part time it allows him to train with St Johnstone most of the week and train with us a little so they can keep an eye on him.” Murray is hoping Kane can reproduce his goalscoring exploits in a Sons shirt but also believes his spell at the Bet Butler Stadium will be beneficial for his own career, he continued: “He is a good young player and has scored plenty of goals in the under-20 league — this is a good chance for him to come and play at a decent level and show that he can step up because I think, without doubt, the First Division is a higher level than the under-20s league.

“He has scored stacks of goals and Alistair Stevenson, who I worked with at Hibs, is now a youth coach there and rates him very highly and I know that Tommy Wright thinks that he is as good as Stevie May inside the 18 yard box, perhaps he just has to work a little more on his link up play.

“But as a young 19-year-old he certainly knows where the net is and that can only be good.” “When you bring someone in on loan first and foremost you want to help the team but if you can help the young player’s career then that makes things all the better.

“It is a great chance for us to get a player of his quality, another full time player, and also it is a great chance for him to show his manager at St Johnstone that he can play at this level.”