Tom Wagner drops exciting Birmingham City hint amid Amazon Prime documentary claim | OneFootball

Blues' ambitious owner has been speaking about the noise surrounding the club at present

Birmingham City owner Tom Wagner has issued an exciting hint regarding the future of the club whilst discussing the Amazon Prime documentary which brought plenty of attention to the B9 outfit.

Blues' current and long-term goals have been spoken about at length in the past two years, ever since Wagner and his company, Knighthead Capital Management, acquired control of the club back in July 2023.

Since then, it has been an eventful 27 months, with the American overseeing a relegation to League One for the first time since 1995 in a chaotic first season in the boardroom at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park, before current manager Chris Davies and a freshly moulded squad were able to bounce back at the first time of asking in record-breaking fashion.

It has been a solid start to life back in the Championship for Blues, albeit Wagner's previously well-documented ambitions regarding the upcoming 'Sports Quarter' complex and returning the club to the Premier League for the first time in a generation has seen pressure on Davies increase in recent weeks amid a run of one win in six league games. However, the chairman has reiterated his confidence in the 40-year-old to swiftly end his first sticky patch in a full-time managerial role.

And, in the lead-up to last Friday's 1-1 draw at Wrexham in what has been dubbed the 'Hollywood derby' by those in the media, Wagner was present at the London-based 'Leaders in Business' conference, discussing, at length, many facets around his ambition for the Second City side, which he hinted at when speaking about the recently-aired documentary 'Built in Birmingham: Brady & The Blues'.

Tom Wagner issues exciting Birmingham City message amid Amazon Prime documentary claim

The aforementioned documentary, which spans five episodes, covers a plethora of behind-the-scenes and on-pitch incidents between the 2023/24 and 2024/25 seasons, including NFL icon and minority stakeholder, Tom Brady and his impact on the club.

With Wagner at the forefront of plenty of scenes within the series, ranging from transfer dealings, infrastructure as well as attending matches, the 56-year-old was quizzed about his feelings towards the documentary - mainly the thought process behind its conception and how successful the end product was, when present at the capital-based talk last week.

"I'm not really sure (what the motivation was) because I was completely misled as to how involved I would be in it," Wagner said.

"It's really cringe for me," he stated. "And, my mom was super unhappy with the language that I used so that wasn't a great few weeks after that came out!

"I think the filmmakers and the creatives, what they wanted to do was tell a story that would draw increased attention and they felt it was a really compelling one.

"I think we did a really good job in the first season of telling the story of what Birmingham City is and certainly what it can be," he claimed.

"I think the best part of that story is yet to be told," Wagner added. "I think there's a lot more to do there because Birmingham is a very unique city.

"It's incredibly diverse, it's got a rich history, our Ultras are unique in the diversity that they have historically had and I think that just makes for an interesting story that's different than the other ones that have been told.

"I've watched all the documentaries of English football clubs, I've loved every one of them.

"I think they're all interesting in their own way. Maybe I'm just too passionate about the sport but I think it's fun and we were able to raise the profile of the club through doing that and it's made a big difference in how we approach our commercial sponsors.

"So we're hopeful that we'll be able to continue that for a bit longer," he concluded.

At present, the storyline runs as far as the end of last season, where Blues accrued an EFL record points total of 111 - a rather fitting way to end the first series after previous chaos which involved the likes of John Eustace's dismissal and the subsequent appointment of Wayne Rooney two seasons ago.

Wagner's reference to the City of Birmingham and its diversity was certainly evidenced in all five episodes, and it is something which the Boston native has embraced as he continues to strive for positive change across the city and, more importantly, the specific community which Blues reside in.

A second installment would almost certainly begin with the 'Sports Quarter' being green-lighted in June after government funding was approved, before Blues made an array of statement moves on the pitch, including Kyogo Furuhashi and Demarai Gray.

Of course, the unpredictable nature of a Championship season will certainly add to the drama, although Blues will hope to put an end to their recent inconsistencies when second tier action returns after the October international break.