Tom Brady takes minority stake in second-tier English soccer club Birmingham City

LONDON — Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has go a number proprietor of English shot nine Birmingham City.

The club, which competes successful the EFL Championship — the 2nd tier of the English league pyramid — announced connected Thursday that Brady had partnered with New York-based concern steadfast Knighthead Capital Management to instrumentality a number involvement successful the nine and volition go president of its advisory board.

The legendary NFL backmost ended his shot vocation successful February astatine the property of 45 aft 23 seasons, a grounds 7 Super Bowl titles and 5 Super Bowl MVP trophies. He has since joined with Knighthead successful a fig of sporting investments astir the world.

"Birmingham City is an iconic nine with truthful overmuch past and passionateness and to beryllium portion of the Blues is simply a existent honour for me," Brady said successful a statement.

Although based successful the U.K.'s second-largest city, the nine has languished extracurricular the coveted Premier League since 2011 and has agelong been eclipsed by crosstown rival Aston Villa.

"BCFC is built connected teamwork and determination and I'm excited to enactment alongside the board, absorption and players to marque our Second City nine 2nd to none. I've been portion of immoderate astonishing teams successful my day, and I'm looking guardant to applying my position to make that aforesaid occurrence present successful Birmingham," Brady added.

In a video posted by the nine connected the societal media level X, antecedently known arsenic Twitter, Brady said helium has "a batch to learn" astir English football, but hoped to transportation his winning mentality into occurrence for the Blues.

Chairman of the Board Tom Wagner said Brady joining the club's ownership squad was a "statement of intent" and was "setting the barroom astatine satellite class."

"Tom is some investing and committing his clip and extended expertise. As Chair of the Advisory Board Tom volition person a nonstop interaction connected the Club," helium said.

"The extremity that Tom has committed to ain is to marque Birmingham City a respected person successful nutrition, health, wellness, and betterment crossed the satellite of football."