Tom Brady helps Birmingham City in first sport since changing into minority proprietor
NFL icon Tom Brady took to social media present his assist for Birmingham City after changing into a minority proprietor of the Championship membership. Brady introduced his partnership with the Blues on his forty sixth birthday on the eve of the 2023-24 Championship season.
Brady, who retired from the NFL after a 23-year profession again in February, introduced he had ‘entered into a partnership’ with Birmingham City’s new homeowners Knighthead Capital Management LLC. The seven-time Super Bowl champion was confirmed because the chairman of a brand new advisory board at St Andrew’s.
The membership revealed Brady would additionally work intently with the board and administration workforce on international advertising and marketing efforts in addition to the identification of recent business partnership alternatives. He can also be anticipated to have a hand in diet given his famed method to the NFL.
During the Blues’ first sport of the league season on Saturday, Ivorian ahead Siriki Dembele opened the scoring simply earlier than half time to provide Birmingham City the lead in opposition to Swansea City. Brady instantly reacted, tweeting: “Way to finish!!! @Sdembele_7 @BCFC”
It represents one other sports activities workforce for Brady to observe as he will get to grips with retirement. The former New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback has already invested within the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces and the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders.
Brady is a famend winner following his unprecedented success within the NFL, and Birmingham followers will hope he can deliver his profitable system to the Midlands membership. Upon the announcement of his funding, the ex quarterback advised Birmingham City’s web site stated: “Birmingham is an iconic club with so much history and passion and to be part of the Blues is a real honour for me.
“BCFC is built on teamwork and determination and I’m excited to work alongside the board, management and players to make our second-city club second to none. I’ve been part of some amazing teams in my day, and I’m looking forward to applying my perspective to create that same success here in Birmingham.”
Knighthead Capital accomplished its takeover on July 13 and has since appointed Garry Cook as CEO and Hope Powell as girls’s technical director. The addition of Brady represents a coup for the membership, with Knighthead co-founder Tom Wagner saying: “Tom Brady becoming a member of the Birmingham City workforce is an announcement of intent. We are setting the bar at world class.
“Tom is each investing [as well as] committing his time and in depth experience. As chair of the advisory board Tom may have a direct influence on the membership. The males’s, girls’s, and academy groups are going to profit from [his] data.