NFL legend Tom Brady turns into minority proprietor of Birmingham City Soccer Membership

American NFL celebrity Tom Brady has develop into a minority proprietor of Sky Bet Championship membership Birmingham City.

The seven-time Super Bowl champion has partnered with the membership’s holding firm Knighthead Capital Management LLC and turns into chairman of a brand new advisory board.

The membership stated Brady will “apply his extensive leadership experience and expertise” throughout a number of areas together with the sports science division to advise on well being, diet, wellness, and restoration programs and programmes.

Brady stated on the membership’s official web site: “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 constructed on teamwork and dedication and I’m excited to work alongside the board, administration and gamers to make our second-city membership 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.”

Brady has partnered up with Knighthead Capital on a number of different ventures and new Blues chairman Tom Wagner is trying ahead to Brady’s “direct impact”.

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He stated: “Tom Brady becoming a member of the Birmingham workforce is an announcement of intent. We are setting the bar at world class.

“Tom is both investing and committing his time and extensive expertise. As chair of the advisory board Tom will have a direct impact on the club. The men’s, women’s, and academy teams are going to benefit from the knowledge.

“The aim that Tom has dedicated to personal is to make Birmingham a revered chief in diet, well being, wellness, and restoration the world over of soccer.”

He added: “Success doesn’t come in a single day. It takes time. But when you’ve nice leaders in place every part turns into doable.”

Brady, broadly thought to be one of many best NFL gamers of all time, introduced his retirement in February.

He spent the primary 20 years of his skilled profession on the New England Patriots, earlier than becoming a member of Tampa Bay in 2020.

The 46-year-old break up from his spouse final 12 months, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, with the sports star revealing it was “painful and difficult”.