Tom Brady Enters The World Of Soccer As Minority Owner Of English Club Birmingham City
NFL great Tom Brady has become a minority owner of English second-tier soccer team Birmingham City and wants to bring a winning mentality to an underperforming club.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion has partnered with the club’s holding company, U.S.-based Knighthead Capital Management, and becomes chairman of a new advisory board, Brady and Birmingham said Thursday.
“Maybe you are asking, ‘What do you know about English football, Tom?’” Brady said in a club video. “Well, let’s just say I’ve got a lot to learn. But I do know a few things about winning.”
Birmingham said Brady will “apply his extensive leadership experience and expertise across several components of the club.” That includes working alongside the sports science department to advise on health, nutrition and recovery programs.
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“Birmingham is an iconic club with so much history and passion and to be part of the Blues is a real honour for me,” Brady said in the announcement made today, on the retired NFL player’s 46th birthday.
In the caption of his Instagram post, Brady added that he “couldn’t be more excited to be part of the Blues family. This is a city and club on the rise and I can’t wait to experience the St. Andrew’s atmosphere for myself.”
Birmingham last played in the Premier League in 2011, the same year it won the English League Cup — one of two major trophies the club has captured in its 148-year history.
Brady joins a number of other American sports stars to invest in English soccer clubs.
Former NFL player J.J. Watt recently became a minority investor in Burnley, which has just been promoted to the Premier League, while PGA Tour golfers Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas
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