I’m Disappointed With Tom Brady’s Comments About My Managerial Work Ethic – Rooney

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has said that it was very unfair for NFL legend Tom Brady to question his work ethic as Birmingham City manager. He recently revealed that Birmingham was clearly a mess when he took over as coach.

Speaking to the press, Rooney shared that the club just didn’t have the right players to deliver maximum points consistently, and he cannot be blamed for that.

According to him, Tom Brady should avoid speaking about a game he is not really familiar with because football and NFL are two different sports.

Wayne stated that coming out to portray him in a bad light was simply wrong and avoidable.

“I think it was a very unfair comment. When I went into Birmingham, they were in a mess really. Hence the fact that, the players weren’t really the players who could take the club forward. We knew that and I think, Tom come in once which was the day before a game where the day is a little bit light anyway and I don’t think he really understood football that well at the time, maybe he does now…

“But what he does understand is, he’s a hard worker, we know that, so that’s why I’m really disappointed with the comment because football is not NFL – NFL works for 3 months a year, players do need rest as well, so I think he was very unfair the way he’s come out and portrayed that,” he said.

Rooney further noted that while he respects Tom Brady for being a sport legend, he is very disappointed with his comment.

He concluded by saying that Birmingham City has stepped up its football in recent games, and watching the growth has been great to see.

“Listen, I respect Tom Brady massively, he’s one of the greatest – if not the greatest athletes – of all time and Birmingham do look like they’re getting it right now, which is good.

I think what they have done is got the players out they need to get out because when I was there, you had Tony Mowbray, Gary Rowett after me who also struggled as well… but yeah bit disappointed but nothing too serious so move on,” he added.