Manchester City top Premier League spending on agents’ fees with over £51m paid last year
Posted by  badge Boss on Apr 01, 2023 - 12:35AM
Manchester City spent £51.5 million on agents’ fees over the past year (Getty)

paid the highest amount of fees to agents and intermediaries out of all 20 Premier League clubs over the past year.

The Association has published the total payments made by Premier League teams to agents and intermediaries between February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023, with City topping the table by spending £51.5 million.

, who have signed 16 players since last summer, are second in the Premier League spending table having paid £43.1m to agents, which is a significant increase from the £28.2m spent during Roman Abramovich’s final year in charge at Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool are third on the list after spending £33.6m, while are fourth having paid £24.7m – a slight reduction from their £29m outlay on agents in the previous year.

Combined, Premier League clubs spent over £318.2m on agents fees, which is an increase from the £272.5m spent by all 20 teams from February 2021 to the end of January 2022.

PREMIER LEAGUE SPENDING ON AGENTS FROM FEBRUARY 2022 TO END OF JANUARY 2023

  1. Manchester City – £51,563,571
  2. Chelsea – £43,160,072
  3. Liverpool – £33,691,782
  4. Manchester United – £24,726,374
  5. Arsenal – £16,749,072
  6. Tottenham – £16,137,103
  7. Aston Villa – £15,623,203
  8. Leeds United – £15,310,814
  9. Everton – £13,542,845
  10. West Ham – £12,030,438
  11. Newcastle United – £10,784,029
  12. Leicester City – £10,282,967
  13. Crystal Palace – £9,796,296
  14. Fulham – £8,758,854
  15. Brighton – £8,583,317
  16. Southampton – £6,319,675
  17. Wolves – £6,186,765
  18. Brentford – £5,560,192
  19. Bournemouth – £5,058,871
  20. Nottingham Forest – £4,353,186

TOTAL: £318,219,426

Surprisingly, Nottingham Forest sit bottom of the spending table with their £4.3m payments to agents, despite signing 30 new players since last summer.

The fees paid to agents include permanent transfers, loan deals, new youth registrations and updated contracts.

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