{"id":299052,"date":"2023-12-12T17:24:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299052"},"modified":"2023-12-12T17:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:24:18","slug":"tom-brady-has-manchester-city-vision-for-birmingham-after-training-ground-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/tom-brady-has-manchester-city-vision-for-birmingham-after-training-ground-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady has Manchester City vision for Birmingham after training ground visit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Birmingham City minority shareholder Tom Brady wants to mirror Manchester City\u2019s Etihad campus.<\/p>\n

    Brady invested in the Blues in the summer and has so far had mixed results since swapping NFL for football. The seven-time Super Bowl champion took the unpopular decision to replace John Eustace with Wayne Rooney, a move that has not yet been vindicated with Rooney winning just one of nine games at the Championship club.<\/p>\n

    However, Brady is seemingly fully on board with his Blues project, and he recently visited the home of Premier League champions Manchester City on a tour alongside the Blues\u2019 chief executive Garry Cook.<\/p>\n

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    City\u2019s Etihad Campus has the 53,000-seater stadium of the first-team, alongside a state-of-the-art training facility, academy and women\u2019s stadium too. Speaking to BirminghamLive following their trip, Cook revealed that Brady was \u2018blown away\u2019 by City\u2019s facilities, asking how the Blues can build something similar. <\/p>\n

    Cook said: \u201cThey (City) have built an academy and a training centre, which is attached to the stadium, which is absolutely magnificent and Tom Brady was blown away. <\/p>\n

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    "His first question is: \u2018How do we get this? How do we make this happen?\u2019 And his questions during the game: \u2018How do we get better? What are the challenges we face?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

    Following in a similar vision to City\u2019s could possibly require Birmingham to move out of St Andrew\u2019s, which has been their home since 1906, if the club wish to meet the lofty ambitions of Brady. But that decision will rest with owner Tom Wagner instead.<\/p>\n

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    St Andrew\u2019s underwent renovations in the 1990s to bring the capacity up to 29,409, although it\u2019s currently restricted to 19,000 due to repair work. Another problem with the Blues\u2019 home is the little room around the outside to expand, and certainly not to build an entire campus around.<\/p>\n