Hull City loan signing Jozy Altidore was relieved and delighted to have finally made his Premier League debut on the weekend.

The 19-year old is on loan with the Tigers from Spanish outfit Villarreal and came on as a substitute in the 1-0 win over Bolton, marking the occasion by setting up the only goal of the contest.

It took longer than expected for the US international to play his first game in Tigers colours due to various reasons but he was happy for it to finally have happened.

"The last 48 hours, let's see - airport terminals, swine flu scares, babies crying on the plane, it's all been a little crazy," the personable teenager admitted.

"It's been very frustrating not being able to do anything proper for the last two weeks but I'm finally here.

"The goal was to make the Chelsea game, and then all of a sudden you miss the Chelsea game, and you miss the Tottenham game and you wonder what's going on. The fact that I wasn't even in England as well made it even harder. Not being able to be with the guys was tough, but it's over now.

"I was running around embassies, listening to hearings, running around with passport photos, running when I can on the treadmill, keeping in touch with team-mates the best I could and tweeting all my frustrations.

"I was losing faith. I thought it was all going to be for nothing.

"When it got delayed again, I was supposed to be back last Monday and then the embassy was closed, I was thinking 'This isn't good'.

"That was a low point, but a lot of people worked their tails off to bring me here. Thankfully the guys behind the scenes, the lawyers, the chairman, the gaffer, they all did a great job trying to get me here and I appreciate it."