Good morning,
Five central bank decisions land in the next week.
The Fed (USD). The BOJ (JPY). The ECB (EUR). The BOE (GBP). The BOC (CAD.
Every one of them can move the rate your salary converts at.
If you are an overseas athlete getting paid in a currency that is not your home one, this week matters more than most.
I wrote a full breakdown on what the UK inflation print, the US retail sales beat, and the Band Of Japan's June signal actually mean for the money hitting your account.
Short version: when markets look like this, currency stops being a rounding error and starts being 10 to 20% of your contract value.
Read the full piece here:
What I've Been Building
The podcast has been quiet for a while, but this week I’ve been deep in rebuild and relaunch mode.
Over the last five weeks I've rebuilt The Overseas Athlete from the ground up. Every episode from the original catalogue has been re-edited, re-titled, and re-released on YouTube and the podcast feed. Eighteen episodes. Nine countries. Every sport we've covered.
If you've been a subscriber for a while, the back catalogue is now actually navigable. If you're new, there's a library to dig into.
What's new under the hood:
A clean episode page for every episode on Beehiiv, with the full video, show notes, and the story behind each guest.
A proper release cadence. Through May, three episodes a week. From May 24, it settles into two: Sunday for the lead athlete interviews, Wednesday for the specialists. Lawyers, agents, coaches, tax specialists. The people who shape an athlete's career off the pitch.
A guide series in build. Five guides, each one drawn directly from the research inside these eighteen episodes. The first drops soon.
And a new run of guests starting May 24.
Coming Up
Two names I can't share yet, but here's who:
👉 A Socceroo with global experience.
👉 A national team captain with over 4 million social media followers.
Both worth the wait.
Back Catalogue: Start Here
Three of the most re-listened episodes from the original run, now live in their refreshed form.
Episode 02. Cam Watson. AIS graduate. Portugal to Holland to India to Indonesia. One of the broadest career arcs in the catalogue, and the most honest conversation on the series about what nobody tells you before you sign. Now works at the PFA. https://chrisbroadfoot.beehiiv.com/podcast/s/theoverseasathlete/episode_02_-_cameron_watson
Episode 03. Sean Lane. Australian coach who took a role in Bangladesh through his network. Managed a squad of African players who couldn't get their money home. A coach's view of the problems most players don't realise they have. https://chrisbroadfoot.beehiiv.com/podcast/s/theoverseasathlete/episode_03_-_sean_lane
Episode 04. Kerwin Marc Jean-Pierre. Youth coach who took a group of Australian teenagers to Spain for ten months. The parents, the preparation, the currency costs, the one-percenter mindset that got them noticed. https://chrisbroadfoot.beehiiv.com/podcast/s/theoverseasathlete/episode_04_-_kerwin_marc_jean-pierre
Before you go
If you're an athlete, an agent, or anyone managing cross-currency contracts and want to talk through the moves happening this week, book a call or get a quote here:
Thanks for reading.
Chris