Evangelos Marinakis has given Sean Dyche his shot at managing in the Europa League proper – seven years after robbing him of the chance.
The Nottingham Forest owner has officially appointed Dyche, whose first match in charge will be a massive European clash with Porto.
The former Burnley and Everton manager has signed a contract until 2027 and becomes Forest's third boss of the season.
Nuno Espirito Santo was given the boot in September, but his successor, Ange Postecoglou, only lasted 39 days in the job.
Postecoglou was sacked immediately after Forest's 3-0 defeat to Chelsea, having failed to win any of his eight games in charge.
The swift appointment of Dyche will see him oversee the club's Europa League tie at home to Porto on Thursday.
After just one point from Forest's first two European games, Marinakis will be desperate for his new man to win straight away.
Ironically, it would be a full-circle moment for Dyche to claim his first victory in the Europa League proper as a manager in this fashion.
The 54-year-old was one round away from taking Burnley to the group stages of UEFA's secondary competition in the 2018/19 season.
The Clarets, who had finished seventh in the Premier League the previous year, were involved in their first European campaign since 1966-67.
Dyche claims Olympiacos' intimidation influenced referee
During the first of the two-legged tie, English manager Dyche was left questioning the referee's decisions in a 3-1 loss to his side.
Burnley went into half-time away at Olympiacos with the scores 1-1, with the hosts accused of surrounding Slavko Vincic in the tunnel.
Defender Ben Gibson was then sent off for the visitors after the break, with Marinakis' men also awarded a penalty.
Speaking after the game, he said: "I don't know how many people ran on the pitch from their side of things, and around the referee and the linesman and the fourth official.
"And then the scenes I saw at half-time (in the tunnel) around the referee were interesting from all and sundry on their side.
"And then things change in the second half, and you are left scratching your head."
He added: "I think you all saw the feel of the game was different in the second half. There's no accusations, only the facts of what I saw.
"I'm just giving the facts as I saw them. The varying moments in the game, the varying incidents, what I saw in the tunnel – they are facts, it's not an opinion.
Marinakis allegedly entered the official's room and could be heard loudly exchanging views, but the incident was understood not to have been included in the referees' or the UEFA delegates' report.
A 1-1 draw in the reverse fixture at Turf Moor passed without similar controversy, but it did spell the end for Burnley in Europe.
Seven years on, Dyche gets to right those wrongs for Forest – but any repeat of Marinakis' antics will be treated as utter nonsense…
