This was meant to be an interview about Thomas Hal Robson-Kanu’s The Turmeric Co. and why it is important for players to prepare for a life post-career. It ended up, via diversions into the wisdom of Hippocrates and the disintegration of civilisation, as a discussion focusing on cryptocurrency, a fad that has ripped through football and why one of the blockchain's early advocates would still not get a grandmother involved in it.
Robson-Kanu, the Acton born and bred forward who scored one of the most iconic goals in Wales’ history, had set up a company, Sports Ledger, alongside his brother four years ago to dip his toes into “the fascinating space”. While he has since moved on to running a rapidly expanding nutrition business that counts Brentford, Crystal Palace and Everton among its clients, his experience gives him a deeper insight into how it is all intended to work.
The 32-year-old is fluent in the complex language of crypto and it is striking to hear him speak about the “inevitability” of it becoming the dominant way transactions will be made in the future. It all sounds convincing, the salesman spiel undoubtedly impressive, and yet it is a real struggle to not emerge with an overriding feeling of scepticism around its future.
