Barclays Premier League clubs spent almost £100m on agent fees from October 2014 to September 2015. This represents an increase of 68 per cent over the three years of the current broadcasting deal. It would seem likely that they will increase again when the new broadcasting deal cuts in next season.
The biggest spenders were:
Barclays Premier League clubs spent almost £100m on agent fees from October 2014 to September 2015. This represents an increase of 68 per cent over the three years of the current broadcasting deal. It would seem likely that they will increase again when the new broadcasting deal cuts in next season.
The biggest spenders were:
- Liverpool £14.3m (down by £7,000)
- Manchester United £13.8m (up by £5.9m)
- Manchester City £12.4m
- Chelsea £12m (down by £4.8m)
- Arsenal £11.9m (up by £7.6m)
- West Ham £7m
- Tottenham Hotspur £6m (down by £5m)
This is, of course, pretty much a roll call of top clubs. Leaving aside newly promoted Bournemouth (£2.3m) and Watford (£1.6m), the lowest spenders were Norwich City (£2.5m).
In the Championship the biggest spenders were Cardiff City on £2.8m, Fulham on £2.7m and Reading and QPR both on £2.4m. The lowest spenders were Rotherham United on £185k.
Lower down the Sky Bet Football League, nothing was spend by Accrington Stanley, Bury and Hartlepool.
The figures for all Football League clubs can be found here.