Premier League: Chelsea, Man City, Man Utd & Liverpool highest spenders on agent fees
Premier League clubs paid out more than £272m to football agents during 2020-21, an increase of almost £9m on the previous year.
Chelsea were the highest spending club in the top flight, paying over £35.2m to agents between 1 February 2020 and 1 February 2021.
Manchester City (£30.2m), Manchester United (£29.8m) and Liverpool (£21.7m) were the next biggest spenders.
West Brom were the lowest spenders after paying out £4.2m.
In the Championship, the amount spent on agents’ fees was down by more than £9m compared to the previous 12 months.
Second-tier clubs spent £40.8m in total, with Norwich (£6.8m) and Bournemouth (£5.8m) spending the most.
In League One and League Two, the figure spent on agents was slightly down on the previous 12 months.
| Arsenal | £16,462,480 |
| Aston Villa | £8,928,343 |
| Brighton | £7,496,038 |
| Burnley | £4,458,520 |
| Chelsea | £35,247,822 |
| Crystal Palace | £6,760,093 |
| Everton | £14,071,886 |
| Fulham | £9,347,927 |
| Leeds | £7,034,943 |
| Leicester | £12,518,018 |
| Liverpool | £21,652,589 |
| Manchester City | £30,174,615 |
| Manchester United | £29,801,555 |
| Newcastle | £11,349,953 |
| Sheffield United | £7,081,018 |
| Southampton | £6,804,154 |
| Tottenham | £16,520,177 |
| West Brom | £4,222,059 |
| West Ham | £9,689,567 |
| Wolves | £12,598,466 |
| Total | £272,220,223 |
Mark Kleinman is city editor, breaking major business stories and analysing what they mean for the financial sector.
He has revealed some of the biggest stories in the city in the past decade, with a string of exclusives about major takeover deals.
Before joining Sky, he was City Editor of The Sunday Telegraph.
Mark was awarded the London Press Club Business Journalist of the Year in 2011.
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