![]() ![]() His first few seasons were almost without precedent in British football in the modern era. He was unfamiliar with the very concept of fear - just a street-bred Scouser with ice in his veins and magic in his feet. Here was a player who had not only swaggered onto the scene, but one who sought an even greater stage and then excelled from the minute he got there. The debut hat-trick for Manchester United after his £25.6 from Everton in 2004 only increased expectations. Even all these years and accomplishments later, most fans of a certain age will have that goal etched in their memories. The stunning last-minute winner against Arsenal in 2002 was so brilliant, so historic, so youthfully exuberant as to become unforgettable. Perhaps more than any player since, Rooney is a victim of his own genesis. The Rooney story begins, of course, with his mythic introduction to the professional game. ![]()
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