'I was so scared!' - Birmingham star who fought hooligans reveals fear of Tom Brady

Osayi-Samuel joined Birmingham in the summer from Fenerbahce, as Brady and his fellow club owners aim to build a squad that can reach the Premier League. The defender was confronted with hooligans in the Turkish Super League and even punched a Trabzonspor fan in March. However, he has claimed that he was "scared" when confronted with the chance to meet Brady on Zoom. 

Brady, obviously, is an NFL legend, winning the Super Bowl no fewer than seven times, and being voted a five-time Super Bowl MVP. Osayi-Samuel says he was so amazed by the prospect of meeting him, he considered taking a screenshot of his PC screen during the Zoom call, but eventually bottled it in case Brady found out. 

Per The Sun, he said: “I remember the first video call with him. The majority owner Tom Wagner was also on it.

“The minute the call was done, I called my friends and said, “I’ve just had a video chat with Tom Brady’ but they didn't believe me.

“So I was annoyed I hadn’t gone ahead and screenshotted it as evidence — but I was so scared he might see me doing that!

“He was straight to the point, not pulling any punches, and said, ’If you want to join a club that wants to go to the Premier League, this is it.’

“And you cannot argue with what they’ve done over the last year. After going down to League One, they invested in quality players, got promoted with a record 111-points and added to the squad again. The only talk here is, ‘We’re going to be in the Premier League this time next year.’ I like that. It convinced me to sign.”

Osayi-Samuel has signed a three-year deal and could make his official debut for Birmingham against relegated Ipswich Town this weekend.