Birmingham Metropolis minority proprietor and NFL legend Tom Brady has questioned his aspect’s former supervisor Wayne Rooney’s “work ethic” and known as among the squad from the 2023-24 season “lazy and entitled.”
Seven-time Tremendous Bowl champion Brady turned a minority proprietor of Birmingham in August 2023 following Knighthead Capital Administration LLC and American financier Tom Wagner’s takeover of the membership.
“I am a bit of fearful about our head coach’s [Rooney’s] work ethic,” Brady stated in an Amazon Prime documentary to launch on Friday, specializing in Birmingham’s promotion to the Championship final season.
“I imply, I do not know, I haven’t got nice instincts on that.”
Rooney was appointed Birmingham supervisor two months into Knighthead and Brady’s takeover, he went on to final simply 83 days in cost because the membership had been relegated to League One.
“Nicely we have already modified the coach, so it is actually the gamers as a result of the coach would not go on the market and put the ball within the purpose,” Brady stated after Birmingham’s relegation in his first season concerned with the membership.
“They had been lazy, they had been entitled and while you’re lazy and entitled, you do not have a lot of an opportunity to succeed.
“We have to alter all of the folks which are related to dropping, so I feel this summer time there’s going to be lots of people gone.”
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After they had been relegated in 2024, Birmingham spent a League One file on transfers and achieved promotion with an English Soccer League file 111 factors.
Birmingham have additionally been busy on this summer time’s switch window forward of their return to English soccer’s second tier. Bringing in six gamers on everlasting offers thus far together with former Premier League winner Demarai Grey in addition to ex-Celtic ahead Kyogo Furuhashi for €9 million ($10m) from Stade Rennais.
They begin their season at dwelling to Ipswich City on Aug. 8.