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THE 2003-04 season wasn't the finest of Sir Alex Ferguson's Old Trafford reign – but the emergence of Cristiano Ronaldo still made it one to remember.

Manchester United came third in the Premier League and crashed out of the Champions League at the last-16 stage to Jose Mourinho's Porto (although they dGermany National Team Jerseysid win the FA Cup).

After a turbulent off-season that saw Ferguson lose David Beckham and Juan Sebastian Veron – as well as miss out on old ronaldo manchester united jersey RonaldHonduras National Team Jerseysinho – the Scot took his side to Portugal fo manchester united jersey indonesia r a friendly with Sporting CP.

And a scrawny Portuguese teenager impressed Sir Alex so much, that five days later he had signed him for £12.5million

Just four days later Ronaldo – now back at Old Trafford for a second stint – was included on the bench for his new side's Premier League season opener at home to Bolton.

He replaced Nicky Butt after 61 minutes – and the skinny 18-year-old was electrifying, bamboozling the visiting defence and giving the Stretford End a new hero.

Here, SunSport takes a look at what became of those that featured alongside Ronaldo that day.

TIM HOWARD

The keeper is a legend of US soccer, but Howard never quite convinced that he had what it took to be a Man United No1, despite making 77 appearances for Sir Alex's side.

He departed for Everton in 2006 after falling behind Edwin van der Sar in theSerbia National Team Jerseys pecking order and went on to star for the Toffees – appearing 413 times and achieving cult hero status at Goodison Park.

Last year, aged 41, he c manchester united keeper kit ame out of retirement to play for Memphis 901 FC – the team he owns – for a season, before retiring.