International Clearance

We're back from our respective trophy wins to reflect on the end of the club season for our British boys playing or coaching abroad. There was another medal (and hat-trick) for Harry Kane, La Liga promotion for Charlie Patino, and Lee Johnson leading his Lommel SK side to the Belgian top flight. Meanwhile, the likes of Jamie Vardy, Christian Burgess and Wilfried Zaha said goodbye to their overseas...

It's another big focus on the Brits in Serie A this week as Jamie Vardy does his very best to keep Cremonese in the top flight, Kieron Bowie adds another Serie A stadium to his goal collection, and we ask if Scott McTominay needs to follow Antonio Conte out of Napoli? Elsewhere, Harry Kane ends the Bundesliga season with another hat-trick, Yorkshire striker Sam Cosgrove fires his Auckland side to...

Marcus Rashford's free-kick kicked off the El Clasico win that Barcelona needed to confirm their La Liga title. We congratulate him and the other Brits abroad who won silverware in the last week, from Belgium and Greece to Thailand and Jordan. There's also plenty from the Brits in Italy, as Jamie Vardy rolled back the years to give Cremonese hope of Serie A survival, Udinese striker Keinan Davis d...

As our overseas contingent seek progress in continental competitions this week, we reflect on some of the amazing performances in the Champions League first legs. We also discuss Mason Greenwood's 0/10 in the French press as Marseille's season fizzles out, Kieron Bowie has a career highlight at Juventus, while Yannick Bolasie finally breaks his duck for Chapecoense. Plus: Jude Bellingham's Instagr...

It's European Semi Final week, and by the time you hear this Michael Olise has scored another dazzler in the Champions League at PSG. We discuss his & Harry Kane's continued contributions at Bayern, as well as their much-discussed futures at the Bavarian club. Elsewhere, speculation hots up as Marcus Rashford's future at Barcelona looks increasingly like another saga. All he can do is keep hel...

Congrats to Harry Kane and Michael Olise on another Bundesliga title - can they go for a treble this year? Based off that Champions League quarter final, why not? Meanwhile, Gary O'Neil masterminds an incredible Strasbourg comeback (and McDonald's order) in the Conference League, while Jonjo Shelvey takes his first steps into management out in Dubai. Jesse Lingard scores his first goal in Brazil,...

On this episode, we discuss the Brits abroad in European competition, with Michael Olise's performance at the Bernabeu drawing plaudits from around the world. Ashley Cole reveals his early challenges with the Italian language barrier since taking charge of Cesena, while Ivan Toney puts his tin foil hat on as Al-Ahli are denied a late penalty in the Saudi Pro league title race... Plus plenty more!...

Club football returned over Easter, as well as new seasons getting underway in Scandinavia including a dream 'second debut' for crowdfunded Östersunds signing Curtis Edwards. Elsewhere, Marcus Rashford reminds Barcelona he's here to help in their title push with an outstanding goal at Atletico Madrid, Folarin Balogun scores a peach for Monaco as he heads to the World Cup in the form of his life, a...

A huge international break saw the final World Cup places decided, with some of our Diaspora Duty contingent confirming their summer plans. Burnley defender Axel Tuanzebe scored his first DR Congo goal to see off a Jamaica side that handed a debut to a London-born Spurs youngster in their crucial play-off. Meanwhile, in Europe, Graham Potter led Sweden to a remarkable qualification after failing t...

This week, we reflect on some of the Brits abroad in club football over the weekend, before looking ahead to the international break and those on Diaspora Duty. Trent Alexander-Arnold still contributed to the the Madrid derby after being dropped for punctuality, Scott McTominay is labelled Napoli's Jesus Christ after returning from injury with a winning goal, while Harry Kane is up to 133 goals fo...

Big news in Italy for us as Serie B side Cesena appoint legendary England full back Ashley Cole as their new head coach. We discuss this surprise appointment and what he has to look forward to for the remainder of the campaign. In Saudi Arabia, Brendan Rodgers' Al Qadsiah side faced off against Ivan Toney's Ah-Ahli, with chaos ensuing on and off the pitch. Raheem Sterling makes another positive co...

It's been a big week for the Brits in Serie A, with Kieron Bowie getting his first goal for Hellas Verona since signing in January, and Fikayo Tomori getting a clean sheet in the Milan derby. Meanwhile, Udinese striker Keinan Davis is high up the goalscoring charts... could it lead to a call-up (and for who)? Elsewhere, we salute Christian Burgess as he marks 250 games for Union SG in style, Rahee...

We are delighted to see two big-name additions to our overseas contingent this week - Jesse Lingard continues his foreign adventures with a move to Brazilian giants Corinthians, while Michail Antonio finds an opportunity to prove his fitness (or does he?) with a short-term deal in Qatar. Plus, we have news of British born/raised players moving to Colombia and Bangladesh! Elsewhere, Harry Kane make...

International Clearance - the podcast about British footballers abroad for club and country! This week: Raheem Sterling makes his Feyenoord debut, Ademola Lookman continues his prolific start at Atletico Madrid and Martial Godo's purple patch at Strasbourg under Gary O'Neil extends by the week. Elsewhere, Sam Surridge picks up where he left off in the new MLS season, Östersunds get their reunion w...

International Clearance - the podcast about British born/raised players and coaches going abroad for club and country. Who said Raheem Sterling wanted to stay in London? We delightfully discuss the 31-year-old joining Robin van Persie's Rotterdam side until the end of the season. Elsewhere, Ademola Lookman continues his bright start at Atletico Madrid with a strong cup display against Barcelona, w...

We round up some of the later transfer window moves since last week's episode, including EFL veteran Sean Scannell joining a club in Gibraltar and another West Londoner heading to Iraq in as many weeks. There's also some salutes to those Brits in action over the weekend, with Scott McTominay adding to his Napoli goal collection with a screamer and a couple of lads making an impact in Oceania for a...

The transfer window has shut for most of us, and we take this episode to round up the British born/raised players leaving or staying out of the UK late in the day. They include Ademola Lookman finding an incredible landing spot after Atalanta, the Scottish contingent in Serie A growing by one with Hibs hotshot Kieron Bowie, and a Reading youngster getting an exciting move to Club Brugge. We also l...

The podcast about British footballers and coaches abroad for club and country! We have plenty of updates from Ligue 1, where Ethan Nwaneri is off to a flyer at Marseille, and there's a great working relationship already developing at RC Strasbourg for Gary O'Neil and South London wingerr Martial Godo. Elsewhere, Ryan Fraser has a debut to remember in Australia, and we discuss reports of Harry Kane...

Plenty of transfer window moves abroad from British born or raised contingent to discuss: Ethan Nwaneri heads to the South of France on loan, while Jack Harrison has a loan of his own in Florence. Must be nice! Elsewhere, former England defender Ben Godfrey heads to Steve Cooper's Danish side Brondby in need of minutes, Andy Irving heads to Prague, while three young Brits arrive in an ever-increas...

International Clearance - the podcast about British born/raised players and coaches working in football abroad! Join the conversation @intlclearance Scully is back from his trip, just in time to look ahead to the AFCON Semi Finals and how well our contingent in the Nigeria side have fared in the tournament up to this point. Does Zinedine Zidane has Alex Iwobi posters on his wall? We also discuss 3...

International Clearance - the podcast about British born or raised footballers abroad for club or country. Scully is enjoying himself in South Africa, so Joe is joined this week by guest co-host Jordy of the From My Left podcast! The first episode of 2026 has plenty to discuss including Liam Rosenior earning a move from Strasbourg to Chelsea head coach, and the British manager in line to replace h...

AFCON is underway, and we've had some British born/raised players make their mark already, including two goalscorers in Nigeria's opening game. Plus, an Ipswich-born striker in the English eighth-tier played 45mins for Zimbabwe against Egypt! In club football, two Scots faced off in Riyadh for the final of the Supercoppa Italiana, with the most popular man in Naples getting another trophy to his n...

International Clearance - the podcast about British born/raised footballers playing for clubs and national sides abroad! Follow our podcast and you'll never be wrong, just early - simply look at our man Jamie Vardy taking home the Serie A Player of the Month award (even if we're not sure why), for example! Meanwhile, his former Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers looks to have a new job in Saud...

International Clearance - the podcast about British ballers and coaches around the world! A number of league seasons are coming to a close, including MLS where we discuss the British interests in the weekend's cup final - has David Beckham got the best gig ever? Elsewhere, Jesse Lingard bids farewell to FC Seoul as we reflect on his two seasons in the Far East, while back in Europe the goals keep...

Welcome to International Clearance! The podcast about British-born or raised footballers and coaches flourishing abroad. This week, we reflect on a record-breaking performance for Michael Olise in Bayern's win over Freiburg - just how good is he in the context of wingers around the world? We plant our flag next to him. Furthermore, we were the first to plant this flag! Elsewhere, even though Real...