Wayne Rooney has claimed NFL legend Tom Brady is 'fully involved' in Birmingham City after buying a minority stake in the Championship club.
Wayne Rooney has claimed NFL legend Tom Brady is "fully involved" in Birmingham City after buying a minority stake in the Championship club.Rooney, 37, has revealed a conversation he had with the New England Patriots legend, after taking part in his first press conference as"It’s great to have him here, it’s important for the players to see Tom Brady have an involvement. It’s very clear that Tom is fully involved in the club.
"We will push for it of course," he added. "The players we have brought in it’s an ambition of ours. But there is a plan in place to reach the targets we have set ourselves to get to the PL. Certainly it’s something we will push for." The Blues parted ways with former boss John Eustace earlier in the week, with Rooney taking over at St Andrew's just days later, after leaving his role at
Brady, 46, was announced as a minority investor at the club back in August and will now closely monitor Rooney's progress, after being named the Chairman of the Advisory Board.The new boss will now be preparing for his first game in charge, which will arrive on October 21 against his former Manchester United team-mate and Middlesbrough boss, Michael Carrick.
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