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O LD Trafford, Tuesday, August 12, 2003. Sir Alex Ferguson appears on the pitch flanked by two more summer signings - Brazilian midfielder Kleberson and Portuguese teenager Cristiano Ronaldo.
The United boss had aimed to bolster his Premier League champions with more youth and that summer had already signed American goalkeeper Tim Howard and, even bigger flops...