Wayne Rooney hits back at Tom Brady: ‘I don’t think he really understood football’

The NFL legend queried Rooney’s work ethic at Birmingham.

Wayne Rooney claims Birmingham minority owner Tom Brady’s criticism of him during his spell as the club’s manager was “very unfair”. Pic: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Wayne Rooney has bitten back at Tom Brady over comments aired in a recent documentary depicting their short spell working together at Birmingham.

Brady, the legendary NFL quarterback and winner of seven Super Bowls, is heard during Built In Birmingham: Brady & The Blues, to question Rooney, when he was manager. “I’m a little worried about our head coach’s work ethic,” Brady tells his business manager Ben Rawitz. “I mean, I don’t have great instincts on that.”