- American owners at St Andrew's
- Spending big on and off the pitch
- NFL icon swept along for the ride
Getty/GOALSuper Bowl at Birmingham? Tom Brady in ‘amazing’ admission as NFL legend reacts to grand plans for new 62,000-seater stadium

Virgin Media
✅ Combines superfast home broadband and live Premier League broadcasting into a single household bill.
✅ Allows you to bolt TNT Sports onto an existing TV package on a 31-day rolling basis for around £25 a month.
✅ Broadband-only customers can use the free Stream box to add and drop the Sky Sports HD pack on a 30-day rolling basis.

EE
✅ The "Sport Plus" tier bundles both Sky Sports (via NOW) and TNT Sports into one seamless package to cover all 267 televised matches.
✅ Allows you to upgrade or downgrade your TV tier each month without breaking your 24-month broadband contract.
✅ Includes the Apple TV 4K or EE TV Box Pro for high-end viewing and easy multi-room streaming setups.

HBO Max
✅ Streams all 52 TNT Sports matches, making it the exclusive home for the early 12:30 pm Saturday fixtures.
✅ Provides exclusive coverage of select full midweek matchdays.
✅ Combines live Premier League football with premium HBO shows and Warner Bros movies in a single app ecosystem.

NOW
✅ Streams the entire Sky Sports Premier League catalogue over the internet to smart TVs and mobile devices without a satellite dish or installation wait.
✅ Offers 31-day rolling contracts (for £34.99/month) so you can cancel during the summer off-season.
✅ Offers 24-hour Day Memberships for £14.99 if you only want to watch a single specific derby or match.
Virgin Media
✅ Combines superfast home broadband and live Premier League broadcasting into a single household bill.
✅ Allows you to bolt TNT Sports onto an existing TV package on a 31-day rolling basis for around £25 a month.
✅ Broadband-only customers can use the free Stream box to add and drop the Sky Sports HD pack on a 30-day rolling basis.

EE
✅ The "Sport Plus" tier bundles both Sky Sports (via NOW) and TNT Sports into one seamless package to cover all 267 televised matches.
✅ Allows you to upgrade or downgrade your TV tier each month without breaking your 24-month broadband contract.
✅ Includes the Apple TV 4K or EE TV Box Pro for high-end viewing and easy multi-room streaming setups.
WHAT HAPPENED?
The Blues are drawing up ambitious plans for the future. American owners are allowing those in the West Midlands to dream big. They are investing heavily on and off the pitch - having seen Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney do likewise at Wrexham.
Getty/GOALTHE BIGGER PICTURE
A stunning new ground is in the pipeline, with Birmingham looking to build a home that would provide a fitting backdrop to the Premier League football that they hope to play in the not too distant future.
DID YOU KNOW?
Brady forms part of that project, as a minority investor, and he is being swept along for the ride - with the New England Patriots icon figuring prominently in the upcoming Amazon Prime Video documentary ‘Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues’.
gettyWHAT BRADY SAID
Seven-time Super Bowl winner Brady told The Sports Agents podcast when asked if the greatest show in American sport could be brought to Birmingham: “That would be pretty amazing [hosting the Super Bowl]. I don't make all those decisions. I'm not sure how much I can influence those decisions. But I think that my partner, Tom Wagner, is an incredible man, incredible businessman. He has huge ambitions for the club, and I would never bet against anything that he tries to accomplish.
“We want to restore it [Birmingham] to the glory that it's been in the past. To move up and to be promoted to the Premier League is a very daunting task, but it can be achieved.”
WHAT NEXT FOR BIRMINGHAM?
Birmingham, who learned important lessons during Brady’s debut season on the club’s board, claimed the League One title with 111 points last term. They have spent big again in the transfer market, with a return to the top-flight very much in their sights.
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