Birmingham Metropolis co-owner Tom Brady has brazenly 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 grew to become 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 quick return to the Championship.
“I’m just a little nervous 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: “Effectively 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 purpose.
“They have been lazy, they have been entitled and whenever you’re lazy and entitled, you don’t have a lot of an opportunity to succeed.
“We’ve acquired to alter all of the folks which can be 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 file – and stormed to promotion on the first try, gathering an English Soccer League file 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 towards Ipswich City on August 8.
