Birmingham City co-owner Tom Brady has brazenly questioned the dedication of former supervisor Wayne Rooney and labelled some gamers from the 2023-24 squad as “lazy and entitled” in a brand new documentary.

The NFL legend, who turned a minority stakeholder within the membership in August 2023 following Knighthead Capital Management and Tom Wagner’s takeover, made the feedback in an Amazon Prime collection launched Friday, which charts Birmingham’s speedy return to the Championship.

“I’m a little worried about our head coach’s [Rooney’s] work ethic,” Brady stated within the movie. “I mean, I don’t know, I don’t have great instincts on that.”

Rooney was employed two months after the membership modified possession however lasted simply 83 days within the job as Birmingham had been relegated to League One on the finish of that season.

Speaking after the drop, Brady added: “Well we’ve already modified the coach, so it’s actually the gamers as a result of the coach doesn’t go on the market and put the ball within the aim.

“They had been lazy, they had been entitled and whenever you’re lazy and entitled, you don’t have a lot of an opportunity to succeed.

“We’ve got to change all the people that are associated with losing, so I think this summer there’s going to be a lot of people gone.”

After relegation, Birmingham spent closely – breaking the League One switch file – and stormed to promotion on the first try, gathering an English Football League file 111 factors.

Their preparations for all times again within the Championship have already seen six everlasting signings, together with former Premier League champion Demarai Gray and striker Kyogo Furuhashi, who joined from Rennes for €9m ($10m).

Birmingham open the 2025–26 season at St Andrew’s towards Ipswich Town on August 8.