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‘Get me on an NFL pitch!’ - Tom Brady fields request from Birmingham striker Lyndon Dykes as seven-time Super Bowl winner becomes more than ‘a face’ at St Andrew’s

<p>Seven-time Super Bowl winner Brady is a minority stakeholder at St Andrew’s. He <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/revealed-nfl-legend-tom-brady-no-voting-rights-birmingham-details-investment-blues-emerge/blte18724e15111cda8" target="_blank">does not have voting rights on the club’s board</a> or any input in transfer and selection matters, but is called upon to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/what-birmingham-city-players-really-think-tom-brady-trophy-winning-blues-captain-reveals-dressing-room-opinion-nfl-legend-what-does-he-know-questions/blta30a712e8f14da19" target="_blank">put his vast experience of elite-level sport to good use.</a></p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>He has seen Birmingham bounce back into the Championship with a record-breaking tally of 111 points, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/tom-brady-backed-beat-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-premier-league-birmingham-championship-wrexham-consolidation-promoted-league-one/bltafe4c07d41fa3de5" target="_blank">fending off Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's Wrexham</a> in the process - with the <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/tom-brady-birmingham-bounce-again-wrexham-premier-league-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney/bltd539a53891821fdb" target="_blank">ultimate goal being to reach the Premier League</a>.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>While Brady is not a regular visitor to the West Midlands, with commitments in the United States with the Las Vegas Raiders and FOX Sports taking up plenty of his time, he is <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/engaged-365-days-a-year-tom-brady-role-birmingham-city-explained-nfl-legend-record-breaking-blues-premier-league/blt34093d727f01aa86" target="_blank">always on hand to offer words of advice</a> to anyone who needs it.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Blues striker Dykes has told the <a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/tom-brady-gets-lyndon-dykes-35307958 " target="_blank"><em>Daily Record</em></a> of working <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/why-should-birmingham-listen-tom-brady-what-nfl-legend-brings-questions-role-relegated-blues/blt0ba977c40924ed7d" target="_blank">alongside NFL legend Brady</a>: “It’s great having someone like that who has been so successful in his own sport. He does pop in and out and I’ve met him a couple of times. He brings a different mentality and knowledge to certain things.</p><p>“He’s got a lot of input, he’s not just a face. He’s around the place and he’s got ideas about what he wants. Some of the stuff they’ve brought to the club has been really good, like the medical department. He’s brought a different outlook to the physio room, with his own head of medicine and the way they try to do things so that there are fewer injuries.</p><p>“He’s very inspirational. Going forward, I feel it’s going to be very successful with him and the owners there, Tom Wagner and the Knighthead group.</p><p>“I actually do like the Raiders, but I didn’t really have an NFL team as such. Hopefully, he can get me on an NFL pitch because I think I could be all right at that as well! I’d have to put a bit more muscle on because some of those boys are massive.”</p>

WHAT LYNDON DYKES SAID

<p>Birmingham spent big ahead of surging to the League One title in 2024-25, smashing a number of transfer records, and are <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/wrexham-birmingham-cautious-transfer-warning-ryan-reynolds-rob-mcelhenney-tom-brady-championship/bltfb1997c75fecc027" target="_blank">expected to splash the cash again</a> as they prepare for a return to the second tier of English football.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR BIRMINGHAM?

‘Get me on an NFL pitch!’ - Tom Brady fields request from Birmingham striker Lyndon Dykes as seven-time Super Bowl winner becomes more than ‘a face’ at St Andrew’s | Goal.com

Lyndon Dykes has asked Tom Brady to get him “on an NFL pitch”, with the American football icon more than just “a face” at Birmingham.