Former American football star Tom Brady has stunned Birmingham City fans as he greeted them at a pub outside their stadium on Saturday, with one saying 鈥渋t鈥檚 made everyone鈥檚 day鈥.
The NFL superstar, who recently became a minority owner at the Sky Bet Championship club, made his appearance at The Roost pub near St Andrew鈥檚 before the game against Leeds.
鈥淭om Brady is here and he鈥檚 perfect,鈥 tweeted Kelsea Ravenhill, 26, from Birmingham.
鈥 kels ? (@KELSEARAVENHILL)
鈥淭he film crew, Tom Brady, his bodyguards all entered the pub for his Blues entrance and introduced himself to all our fans,鈥 Ms Ravenhill told the PA news agency.
鈥淭he place is rocking, completely changed the atmosphere, he is just a sports legend!
鈥淚t鈥檚 made everyone鈥檚 day, was a pleasure to meet him and I just hope we can get the three points for him later now.鈥
Tom Brady is here and he’s perfect ???
鈥 kels ? (@KELSEARAVENHILL)
The seven-time Super Bowl champion, recognised as one of the sporting greats, has partnered with the club鈥檚 holding company Knighthead Capital Management and becomes chairman of a new advisory board.
The club says Brady will 鈥渁pply his extensive leadership experience and expertise across several components of the club, including working alongside the sports science department to advise on health, nutrition, wellness and recovery systems and programmes鈥.
Any plans before kick off guys? See you at St. Andrew鈥檚.
鈥 Tom Brady (@TomBrady)
Brady tweeted on Saturday morning 鈥淎ny plans before kick off guys? See you at St. Andrew鈥檚鈥, before making an appearance at the stadium, where he was pictured meeting mascots and signing shirts.
