Wayne Rooney has returned to Tom Brady's interrogation of his “work ethics” in Birmingham City.
The American football icon, who became a minority owner of the League One side in August 2023, doubted Rooney's wishes during a visit to the club of the club in November 2023.
The sevenfold Super Bowl winner claimed that he “worried about the work ethics of our head coach” in a fly-on-the-wall documentary about his part-owned part of the club.
Rooney remained bitterly disappointed by Brady's criticism and said on his BBC Podcast: “I think Tom came in once, which was the day for a competition where the days are a bit lighter.
“And I don't think he understood football so well.
“But what he understands is, he is a hard worker, we know that.”
Rooney, who was fired by the blues after only 83 days in January 2024, added: “Football is not NFL – NFL works three months a year.
“Players also need rest, so I think he is very unfair, the way he came out and depicted.”
Although he is irritated by Brady's comments, Wazza insists that he is not wearing a bad will to Brady.
The 39-year-old said: “Listen, I respect Tom Brady enormously.
“He is one of the greatest, if not the greatest athletes of all time and Birmingham looks like they get it now, which is good.
“And I think what they have done, the players removed them they had to get out.”
Rooney took the lead over the blues in October 2023 after the controversial resignation of John Eustace, who had the club in sixth place in the championship.
But the legend of Manchester United and England, who got the boot after just 15 games in the St Andrews rudder, insists that he inherited a sinking ship.
He said: “When I went to Birmingham, they were really in a mess.
“Hence the fact that the players were not really the players who could bring the club forward.
“You had Tony Mowbray, Gary Rowett after me, who also struggled.”