Having played the majority of the game with a man advantage following Ruben Semedo’s sending off, Nuno Espirito Santo may have been slightly disappointed that his Wolves side could only draw 1-1 with Olympiacos.

They may have got a precious away goal in the first leg of their Europa League clash, but there was surely far more for them to take.

And whilst Nuno certainly played arguably his strongest line-up out there (perhaps Jonny instead of Ruben Vinagre), the Portuguese man may have missed a massive trick by not selecting one man: Daniel Podence.

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The attacker only arrived from Olympiacos themselves back in the January transfer window, for a reported fee of £17m. There is certainly an element of Nuno needing to finally unleash him at some point or another, but Thursday night was surely the perfect opportunity for him to do so.

Coming up against his former side – a team that he had played 68 times for and scored 13 times and provided a further 14 assists – would have surely got the excitement going in him.

Indeed, after seeing Olympiacos knock out Arsenal in the last round in dramatic fashion when they scored a late winner, Podence took to social media to post a message saying “see you in Greece”.

The 24-year-old would know first-hand all the intricacies of going to such a ground, even without the fans being there to create an atmosphere. Even small things like knowing the layout of the tunnel, the changing rooms, the pitch, the distances would all have been oh-so familiar to him.

It would made have him comfortable playing, and perhaps even inspired to produce the kind of display that got Wolves interested in luring him away from Olympiacos in the first place.

And not only that, he would of course know the ins-and-outs of his former teammates too. What weaknesses to target, how he would go about exploiting them for instance.

Instead, Nuno only decided to use him as a substitute, and he barely had more than ten minutes to make his mark. The Wolves boss missed a great opportunity for Podence to have inspired his new team to victory.

Meanwhile, this ace has just given Nuno something to think about.