Tom Brady buys Birmingham City! NFL legend adds minority stake to 148-year-old English football club as he admits he has ‘a lot to learn’ about the OTHER football

Tom Brady is ready to give football a chance.

The seven-time Super Bowl champion has invested in Birmingham City, a 148-year-old football team in England’s second division, the EFL Championship.

Neither the size of Brady’s interest nor the price he paid has been made public. Either way, Brady will play a role with the team, applying “his extensive leadership experience” while advising “on health, nutrition, wellness and recovery,” according to a club statement.

“So here’s the deal, I’m officially on board with Birmingham City Football Club,” Brady said in a video posted to social media. ‘And you may be asking what do you know about English football, Tom? Let’s just say I still have a lot to learn. But I do know a few things about winning, and I think they translate quite well.’

Brady, who turns 46 on Thursday, already owns a minority interest in the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces. He also had plans to buy into the NFL’s Raiders as well, until the league’s new rule blocking the distribution of stock to employees jeopardized that deal. Last month he bought a racing boat team with Rafael Nadal and Formula 1 star Sergio Perez.

Brady’s takeover comes shortly after American billionaire Tom Wagner became the club’s president as part of his ongoing takeover of the club.

Birmingham City opens its season against Swansea City in Wales on Saturday in the club’s first game as it hopes to return to the Premier League for the first time since the 2010-11 season.

And in that sense, Brady’s investment does have upside potential. While London’s Chelsea was sold for $5.6 billion last year, Birmingham City went to Wagner’s group for about $44 million.

Promotion is anything but a given (Birmingham City finished 17th last season), but if the club can move up to the EPL, Brady will have a much more lucrative advantage with the team.

The former Patriots and Buccaneers quarterback joins a number of other American sports stars in investing in English football clubs.

Former NFL player JJ Watt recently became a minority investor in Burnley, which has just been promoted to the Premier League, while PGA Tour golfers Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas have said they will become minority owners of Leeds following their investment in 49ers Enterprises, which in the process of taking over the second-rate team.