Birmingham Metropolis co-owner Tom Brady has overtly questioned the dedication of former supervisor Wayne Rooney and labelled some gamers from the 2023-24 squad as “lazy and entitled” in a brand new documentary.
The NFL legend, who turned a minority stakeholder within the membership in August 2023 following Knighthead Capital Administration and Tom Wagner’s takeover, made the feedback in an Amazon Prime sequence launched Friday, which charts Birmingham’s instant return to the Championship.
“I’m a little bit frightened about our head coach’s [Rooney’s] work ethic,” Brady mentioned within the movie. “I imply, I don’t know, I don’t have nice instincts on that.”
Rooney was employed two months after the membership modified possession however lasted simply 83 days within the job as Birmingham have been relegated to League One on the finish of that season.
Talking after the drop, Brady added: “Nicely we’ve already modified the coach, so it’s actually the gamers as a result of the coach doesn’t go on the market and put the ball within the aim.
“They have been lazy, they have been entitled and once you’re lazy and entitled, you don’t have a lot of an opportunity to succeed.
“We’ve bought to vary all of the folks which are related to shedding, so I feel this summer season there’s going to be lots of people gone.”
After relegation, Birmingham spent closely – breaking the League One switch report – and stormed to promotion on the first try, amassing an English Soccer League report 111 factors.
Their preparations for all times again within the Championship have already seen six everlasting signings, together with former Premier League champion Demarai Grey and striker Kyogo Furuhashi, who joined from Rennes for €9m ($10m).
Birmingham open the 2025–26 season at St Andrew’s in opposition to Ipswich City on August 8.