Tony Mowbray insists he had no concerns about the Blackburn Rovers ownership after struggling with new bosses at West Brom.
The 62-year-old will be working under Venky's once more, with Suhail Pasha a familiar face too. Whilst Rudy Gestede and Adam Owen are new people for Mowbray to work with, he had no concerns about taking the role.
That comes after a short spell at West Brom, which didn't turn out to be the return he'd hoped. There were issues behind the scenes with Mowbray finding their work structure difficult to fit into.
He suggested there were even attempts to meddle with the players he picked on a matchday. Whilst there have been problems between the fans and owners at Rovers, that was something he never experienced.
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"My experience second time around at Albion was totally different to owners," he insisted.
"A lot of no-see on recruitment, a lot of AI, trying to influence the selection of the team, etc.
"Listen, I had an amazing time at West Bromwich Albion, and I'll never badmouth West Bromwich Albion. It's an amazing football club with a brilliant history like this one.
"It was just different. What I do know is that the ownership isn't different from my first time at West Bromwich. It's not different but it was there.
"I know there's been issues around the ownership model in this football club, but to me and in my tenure, I felt as if there was never a problem.
"I can't remember in my tenure of anything being shouted or mentioned about the owners. They treat me very well. I hope they felt I did a decent job.
"I feel as if when the phone rang, they were looking for somebody to trust to try and put their club back in the right direction and back where it, you know, should be trying to get to.
"I've found that football is about trust really. I've had some owners recently that have been really difficult and I know and trust these."
Rovers' reality as a Championship club now sees them fighting in the bottom half in terms of revenue and spending power. Despite that, Mowbray wants to remind everyone here of their proud history.
Whilst a return to the glory days of 1995 are unlikely to be seen again, he sees no reason why Rovers can't challenge to get themselves back amongst England's elite.
"I've got an amazing family, an amazing wife and three brilliant kids," he said.
"All I've ever done in my life is play football and manage football teams. So I feel really blessed, honoured, proud to be coming back to such an amazing football club.
"I keep reminding myself that this club won the Premier League. We all sit and watch this, oh, Arsenal are going to do it, City are going to beat them, the Premier League, how massive it is worldwide.
"This club actually won it, not that long ago. It is a long time ago, but not that long ago.
"I'm not saying we're going to get back to those levels because the whole game, the whole world of football has changed and how the finances have changed these days. But it's a historic club. It's a brilliant club.
"I've had amazing memories and some great times here. I want to try and bring them back if I can."
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