Premier League clubs spend record £318MILLION in agents’ fees with Man City splashing out more than double title rivals
PREM clubs splashed a staggering £318,219,426 on agents’ fees in the last year.
The spending spree – from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023 – is a record amount in a 12-month period and is up £46m on last year.
Champions Manchester City topped the charts with £51.6m – £200,000 more than they paid Borussia Dortmund for Norwegian goal machine Erling Haaland last summer.
Around £35m was paid to agents in the Haaland deal alone.
Chelsea, who made 21 permanent signings under new American owner Todd Boehly, adding Denis Zakaria and Joao Felix on loan – were the next big spenders on £43.2m.
Liverpool were third highest with £33.7m while Manchester United splashed out £24.7m.
Arsenal and Tottenham follow with £16.7m and £16.1m respectively.
Nottingham Forest signed a whopping 30 players across both transfer windows but rank last as they spent £4.4m on agent fees.
The figures, released by the FA today, include payments and transactions involving agents and intermediaries registered in England.
It covers transfers and loans going in and out of the clubs as well updated contracts, new registrations and scholarship applications.
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By comparison, the 24 Championship clubs spent just £36.3m – £8m down on the last accounts.
Norwich were the leaders in the second tier with £4.4m, followed by Watford (£4.3m) and Burnley (£4.1m).
In League One, the total amount was £5.7m, and £1.67m in League Two.
Wrexham, who are owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, dwarfed every club in the National League with their fees of £163,737.