John Eustace, who was fired in favor of Wayne Rooney, discusses Birmingham City’s relegation.

Following his good start to the season, John Eustace was fired by Birmingham City in October. He didn’t waste any time in letting his old team know that they had been demoted.

Despite being fired by the now-League One Birmingham City earlier this season, John Eustace acknowledged he was disappointed to see the team relegated.

Despite the Blues being in the play-off spots at the time, Eustace and the club’s new owners split ways last year. Wayne Rooney was brought in to oversee a concerning slide that persisted until he was fired after 15 games.

Later, Eustace was employed by Blackburn Rovers, who sent Birmingham to the lower leagues after defeating champions Leicester City on the last day of play at the King Power Stadium. On the last day, Blues performed as expected, defeating Norwich 1-0 at St Andrew’s. However, Blackburn’s outcome, along with Plymouth’s victory over Hull, sent the second city team into the third tier for the first time in nearly thirty years.

Nevertheless, Eustace said he didn’t want Blues to fail and only learned of their fate after the final whistle in the East Midlands, refusing to find any solace in his former side’s misery.

He declared: “I wasn’t interested in anyone else, and I had no idea what the scores were.” All that concerned me was that we were acting appropriately, which we did. I had no doubts that we would arrive here and compete, and we have.”

He continued, “My job was to come in and keep Blackburn up,” on Blues. Birmingham is a club near and dear to my heart, and I have many friends there, therefore I didn’t want them to fail. But this was where my attention was focused.

“To leave Birmingham in sixth place had been an incredible start to the season. Maintaining Blackburn has now required teamwork. We have never questioned who we are.”

The team has struggled to put on consistent performances, according to Gary Rowett, who took over at St Andrew’s on the last day of play and became the Blues’ sixth manager of the campaign after Eustace, Rooney, Steve Spooner, Tony Mowbray, and his assistant Mark Venus.

Rowett said, “On the last day when you have to do it, sometimes it’s easier.” “If you have to do it somewhere on a Wednesday night in November when the weather isn’t great and it doesn’t seem like it matters that much, it becomes more challenging. That is most likely the reason the team is in its current situation.”