Harry Kane is lining up trouble for Albion tonight.

The Tottenham and England striker is close to becoming the Premier League’s most prolific goalscorer in a calendar year.

Kane will look to add to his two goals against Stoke on Saturday if he faces the Seagulls.

He has 33 league goals in 2017, three fewer than Alan Shearer scored for Blackburn in their title-winning year of 1995.

At 24, he is at the top of his game and has the World Cup in his sights.

But a former Withdean favourite has highlighted the part a stint in what became something of an Albion enclave in East London played in his spectacular success.

Kane learnt the ropes on loan from Tottenham to Leyton Orient after being identified by ex-Albion boss Russell Slade in a practice match.

The Argus:

He signed for the O’s on the same day as former Albion player-of-the-year Andrew Whing, pictured.

As a striker, he under-studied Alex Revell and lived off chances created by winger Dean Cox, both former Albion players.

It was in that environment of a team climbing League One which, Whing believes, Kane gained precious experience on the way to the dizzy heights of today.

Whing has been off work for a couple of days.

Training at Kidderminster, where he is a coach, was cancelled due to snow.

And that just helped bring back memories of how the man who menaces Albion at Wembley was signed by Slade midway through the 2010-11 season.

Whing told The Argus: “There was a lot of snow and we had a couple of games called off so we played a friendly against Tottenham’s youth team and young pros on their indoor training pitch.

“They battered us. From that, Russell ended up taking Harry and Tom Carroll on loan.

“At the time I didn’t remember much about them individually from that game.

“I just remembered it had been like playing against the Red Arrows!

“When Harry turned up for training he was baby-faced, really slight and you wondered how he would get on physically against men.

“I remember he struggled a bit when he was starting games.

“After 55 or 60 minutes he’d just blow up.

“But every time he came off the bench for 15 minutes or so he seemed to score goals. That gave him confidence to kick on.

“He scored a few goals. I remember him getting a couple in a 2-2 draw at Huddersfield in League One.

“He was a really quiet character. He seems to be the same type of character now from what I can see – humble. He was a really nice lad.

“I think that time at Orient gave him a really good background and helped him progress, same with Tom Carroll.”

Whing signed an initial six-month deal at the O’s after parting company with Albion while Kane was finalising his loan move He said: “Harry was 18 coming into a man’s environment. We had a few 30-plus players in the squad at that time.

“Harry and Tom offered us a lot on the pitch. We went from about 16th in the league to just missing out on the play-offs.

“And we got to the fifth round of the FA Cup and drew against Arsenal.”

Kane scored five league goals for Orient but was an unused substitute when Albion drew 0-0 at Brisbane Road in January, 2011, on their way to the League One title.

He twice came on as substitute after the 70-minute mark at the Amex during loan stints at Millwall and Leicester.

His first goal against the Seagulls came when Sami Hyypia’s men were beaten 2-0 at White Hart Lane in the League Cup a little more than three years ago.

He will hope more follow tonight.