Tom Brady blasts Rooney’s ‘work ethic’ in damning fly-on-the-wall doc

TOM BRADY has slammed Wayne Rooney’s work ethic during his time as Birmingham boss.

The England and Manchester United legend is also branded “lackadaisical” in a hard-hitting fly-on-the-wall documentary about the club being released on Friday.

Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues is a five-part series being dropped on Amazon Prime that charts the NFL legend’s part-ownership of the club during the last two seasons.

Brady — who won a record seven Super Bowls — visited their training ground in the first episode to observe Rooney’s team meeting and training session.

And while being driven away, he tells his business manager Ben Rawitz: “I’m a little worried about our head coach’s work ethic.”

Rawitz replies: “Comes across as lackadaisical.”

Rooney proved a disaster in his time at Birmingham between October 2023 and January 2024.

He was sacked after winning just two of his 15 Championship games in charge which saw the club plummet from sixth to 20th and they never recovered, crashing into League One.

And the 120-cap England hero appears awkward during his exchanges with Brady.

Rooney, at one point, offers to school the NFL powerhouse in the small details of football.

He explains that the reason Birmingham’s players are at Championship level rather than Premier League is not their skill level but lack of focus for 90 minutes.

Brady tells Rooney: “What’s the difference between football (American) and soccer? Nothing. I treated practice like it was the Super Bowl. Put pressure on them, make them run for everything.”

The series goes on to chart their incredible season last time around which saw them win League One with an EFL-record 111 points under new boss Chris Davies.

But Brady conceded it was a mistake to replace previous boss John Eustace with Rooney within weeks of taking over in August 2023.

The NFL star, who had a 22-year career with New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, said: “I had good advice, ‘Don’t go in there and make sweeping changes. You guys have time.’

“But we made sweeping changes that put us in decline. That was our doing.”

Brady also blasted the players — laying the blame at their feet.

He rapped: “We were trying to make Birmingham a world-class team - but it’s been a s**t year. They were lazy and entitled, which doesn’t give you much chance to succeed.”

Rooney went on to manage Plymouth after his Brum axe but lasted just seven months.

He is now set to focus on his punditry work, including a lucrative gig on Match of the Day.