CURRENCY STRATEGY FOR PROFESSIONAL SPORT

Paid in one currency.
Living in another.

Every week, a real contract in professional sport and the currency layer underneath it. Written for the lawyers, agents, accountants and advisers who look after the money when it crosses borders, and for the athletes earning it.

Written by the person who does the trades.

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LATEST

The Yen Just Woke Up

A quiet 2.8% move, and what it costs if you earn in dollars and send money home to Japan.

Athlete Finance

Did your Dubai completion date just cost you £36,000?

I wrote this in May. The pound has now done it a fifth time.

The Pay Cut Nobody Wrote Into the Contract

The pound is having a strong year against the US dollar. Against the Australian dollar, it is having a very different one.

Morning Report

The bill that turns up five years later

Episode 28: Tim Pullman on residency, net contracts, and what nobody checks before signing.

The Weekly Read

The Tasman Tax

The Aussie slipped back under 1.20 against the Kiwi this morning. If you earn on one side of the ditch and send money to the other, here is what that actually costs.

The one market I could never crack is now open

After years on the horizon, SportsFX is live in the United States.

The Weekly Read

Ten weeks on the bench, no explanation. Then he won the Korea Cup.

Episode 27: Jon Aspropotamitis on the first move to Asia, and what the yen and the euro did this week.

Athlete Stories

The Person Behind the Player Is Worth More Than the Highlight Reel

Ellie Wookey: Episode 26 of The Overseas Athlete

The Weekly Read

THREE LEVELS, EVERY STORY

Athlete

One player, one contract, one currency chain. What a foreign salary is really worth once it crosses a border.

Club and Ownership

Transfer fees crossing borders, multi-club ownership groups, and cross-border investment into clubs.

League Patterns

The structural stories. Why every foreign player in the Saudi Pro League is effectively holding a dollar position. Why Turkish clubs pay their imports in euros.