Championship membership Birmingham have been taken over by Knighthead Capital Administration LLC in June 2023, with Brady becoming a member of two months later.

In October 2023, with the workforce sitting sixth within the Championship, the brand new possession controversially changed supervisor John Eustace with former England captain Rooney.

Nevertheless, Manchester United’s report goalscorer solely lasted 15 matches within the submit earlier than being changed after the workforce had plummeted to twentieth within the desk.

Tony Mowbray succeeded Rooney, however stepped apart, initially on sick depart, eight matches into his reign after being identified with bowel most cancers. Birmingham, who used seven managers – together with caretaker appointments – through the house owners’ first 10 months, have been relegated to League One on the finish of the 2023-24 season.

“Once I went into Birmingham, they have been in a large number actually,” stated Rooney.

“Therefore the truth that the gamers weren’t actually the gamers who may take the membership ahead.

“You had Tony Mowbray, Gary Rowett after me, who additionally struggled as properly.”

In the summertime of 2024, with Chris Davies now put in as supervisor, Birmingham’s new house owners invested £30m in transfers, an unprecedented determine for League One.

The membership broke the Soccer League report for many factors in a season, ending prime of League One in 2024-25 with a tally of 111.

“Hear, I respect Tom Brady massively,” stated Rooney.

“He is one of many best, if not the best athletes of all time and Birmingham do appear like they’re getting it proper now, which is nice and I feel what they’ve achieved is obtained the gamers out that they wanted to get out.”

In the identical documentary during which he queried Rooney’s utility, Brady additionally referred to Birmingham gamers from that disastrous 2023-24 marketing campaign as “lazy and entitled”.

The primary episode of The Wayne Rooney Present might be accessible from 06:00 BST on Friday 15 August – watch on BBC Sport YouTube, exterior and iPlayer. Hear on BBC Sounds.