Get the latest United transfer window updates, news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free August 16, 2003, was the day football changed forever.
A scrawny teenager, with just a handful of senior appearances under his belt, took to the Old Trafford turf to make his Premier League debut.
Tall, lanky, right-footed, not many knew what to expect as they leaned forward in anticipation. There was a feeling in the air that a paradigm shift was imminent.
From that day forward the very course of football history would forever be altered. That debutant's name? Nicky Hunt. Oh, a little known winger by the name of Cristiano Ronaldo played his first game for Manchester United that day as well.
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