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‘Hired Wayne Rooney & ended up in League One’ – Tom Brady & Birmingham’s American board ‘thought they knew everything about football’ when making costly mistake with Man Utd legend

League One

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Birmingham

<p>Back in October 2023, the Blues – with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/revealed-nfl-legend-tom-brady-no-voting-rights-birmingham-details-investment-blues-emerge/blte18724e15111cda8" target="_blank">NFL legend Brady investing in the club</a> alongside chairman Tom Wagner – decided to make a change in their dugout. A big name was sought, to match their sizeable ambition, and the reins were handed to Manchester United and England legend Rooney.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>He <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/cheek-complain-wayne-rooney-15-game-reign-manager-nfl-legend-tom-brady-boardroom-assessed-man-utd-birmingham-dwight-yorke/blt9145fa701a7534da" target="_blank">lasted just 15 games, across 83 days, at the helm</a> before being unceremoniously sacked. The demise that he started ultimately cost Birmingham their Championship standing, with the West Midlands-based outfit now competing with the likes of Wrexham in League One.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Keith Wyness, a former Premier League CEO at Everton, has told <a href=" https://www.footballinsider247.com/wayne-rooney-cited-as-leeds-told-not-to-make-big-mistake/ " target="_blank"><em>Football Insider</em></a> of why the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/birmingham-nfl-tom-brady-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-wrexham-america/blt1b4740ff4cc03cd4" target="_blank">Blues got things very wrong</a>: “Birmingham is a great example of owners who thought they knew everything about football, hired Wayne Rooney and ended up in League One. That’s a serious example of what can go wrong when you act too quickly. They made some big mistakes. American owners can do that, but any nationality can do that – there have been terrible British owners as well. It’s a desire for success, but the way to that in football isn’t always so quick.”</p>

WHAT FORMER CEO SAID

<p>Birmingham have spent big in their bid to bounce back into the second tier – <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ready-rob-mcelhenney-reacts-welcome-to-birmingham-post-wrexham-defeat-hollywood-derby/blt80fe3f87c96be040" target="_blank">seeing off Wrexham in their first ‘Hollywood derby’</a> of the season – while <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-wayne-rooney-wife-kids-didnt-follow-plymouth-coleen-explains-decision-live-260-miles-away-man-utd-legend/bltfb8270473446563e" target="_blank">Rooney is still working in the Championship</a> after <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wayne-rooney-wife-coleen-drastic-action-man-utd-legend-shock-plymouth/blt75bc60beb9433161" target="_blank">taking on another big challenge at Plymouth</a>. Next up for the Blues is a home clash with Peterborough on Saturday.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

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Tom Brady and the rest of Birmingham’s board have been accused of thinking “they knew everything” prior to making a costly mistake with Wayne Rooney.

‘Hired Wayne Rooney &amp; ended up in League One’ – Tom Brady &amp; Birmingham’s American board ‘thought they knew everything about football’ when making costly mistake with Man Utd legend