Tom Brady questions Wayne Rooney’s ‘work ethic’ at Birmingham

Birmingham Metropolis minority proprietor Tom Brady has questioned his aspect’s former supervisor Wayne Rooney’s “work ethic” and referred to 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 somewhat nervous about our head coach’s [Rooney’s] work ethic,” Brady mentioned in an Amazon Prime documentary to launch 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 have been relegated to League One.

“Properly 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 aim,” Brady mentioned after Birmingham’s relegation in his first season concerned with the membership.

“They have been lazy, they have been entitled and if you’re lazy and entitled, you do not have a lot of an opportunity to succeed.

“We have to vary all of the individuals which might be related to dropping, so I believe this summer season there’s going to be lots of people gone.”

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After they have been relegated in 2024, Birmingham spent a League One document on transfers and achieved promotion with an English Soccer League document 111 factors.

Birmingham have additionally been busy on this summer season’s switch window forward of their return to English soccer’s second tier, bringing in six gamers on everlasting offers up to now 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.