TOM Brady hopes his football club is on the right path to recovery this season.
And to give them an edge, he showed off the new home kit at Le Mans.
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Birmingham City were relegated to the third tier of English football last season and will face Hollywood-owned Wrexham in the new campaign.
But Brady, 46, and investor Tom Wagner were all smiles as they showed off the new design at the famous speedway.
“The Brady blues are going international,” commented one fan.
“Best in League One,” added another.
The NFL icon has invested money in Birmingham in 2023 and hopes his connections can help inspire a return to fortunes on the field.
Despite his retirement, Brady has a lot on his plate at the moment and has returned to the United States to make his broadcast debut.
The legendary quarterback made a brief appearance on FOX’s coverage of the UFL championship game.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion joined Curt Menefee and Joel Klatt in the broadcast booth early in the second quarter of Sunday’s matchup between the Birmingham Stallions and the San Antonio Brahmas.
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Brady began his sportscasting career with a joke about his fitness.
“I can’t get on the field anymore,” he joked after Menefee said Fox was “bringing some instant offense” to introduce the retired quarterback.
Fans were divided over his first foray into the booth.
Brady also gave advice to New England Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye.
“I’m very lucky to be around him and I really like him,” he said of Maye, 21, in an interview with Yahoo Sports.
“I’ve heard great things about him.
“But his opportunity will really be what he makes of it, how he wants to develop it and how he wants to attack his profession – like we all do.
“That’s not where you are when you’re 22. That’s who you are when you’re 22.
“Who inspires you to be better? Who develops you?
“I was very lucky. I look at my career, I was looking at other competitors like Peyton Manning, like Steve McNair, Vinny Testaverde was playing for [New York] Jets. Brett Favre was playing.”
Brady thinks there is less talent in the league compared to when he was taking his first steps in the early 2000s.
“I was looking at quarterbacks that were unbelievable,” Brady said.
“And I had unbelievable coaches. The competition was tough. My coaches were tough. I had to grow and develop.
“I wish those [young] guys have the same thing. I just don’t see it the same way I did back then [in my career].
“I see less developed players, less developed coaches.
“They’re not teaching anymore. There’s less time to teach.”
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