Brighton owner and chairman Tony Bloom may have made his fortune as a professional gambler but he is adamant that appointing up-and-coming English manager Graham Potter is no punt.
Potter was unveiled at Brighton's training ground on Monday, just a year after he took over at Championship Swansea, and on the occasion of his 44th birthday.
The former full-back has no experience of managing in the Premier League, has played only a handful of games in the top flight and has the unenviable task of replacing the popular Chris Hughton, who guided Brighton into the Premier League and kept them there for two seasons, in the affections of Brighton fans.
But Bloom clearly has an eye on the future after also appointing former FA director of elite development Dan Ashworth as his technical director, and sees Potter's youthful potential and reputation for attacking football and strong man management as skills worth investing in.
'I certainly don't think it's a gamble,' he insisted. 'Once we'd made a decision to get a new manager in, quite quickly Graham became the outstanding candidate.
'He's an excellent coach, he did a superb job at Swansea in really difficult circumstances and he's great with the players. 'Sometimes, not making a decision or going for a more obvious choice is a bigger gamble.
'I have no doubt in my mind that Graham is the right choice for this football club at this particular time.'
Hughton's departure from Brighton was a surprise given what he had achieved on the south coast but a close run with relegation and accusation of negative tactics left the club feeling a new direction was needed. Potter certainly provides that.
He built his reputation at Swedish club Ostersunds where his modern tactics and off-the-wall ideas took the team from the fourth tier to the first.
He will bring assistant Billy Reid, first team coach Bjorn Hamberg and assistant head of recruitment Kyle Macauley with him to the south coast and he admits he's a rare breed - a young English manager who has been given a big chance in the big league. But he stops short of describing himself as lucky.
He said: 'Of course you always need a bit of fortune in life but I've worked very hard to get to this point. My unglittering football career came to the age at 30, and I had to embark on a coaching career and try to learn how to be a better coach every day.
'The path I have taken to get to this point is 14 years of hard work and sacrifice, learning and mistakes. But I'm very proud to be here now. I'll do my best to keep improving and help this club achieve its goals.'
Potter insists that leaving Swansea was no easy decision and paid tribute to the club and their fans, saying: 'I just want to say thank you to them. The support they gave me was incredible. I'll always remember that, all my life.'