Agents’ fees - what Huddersfield Town, Middlesbrough, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Hull City, Rotherham United, Barnsley, Bradford City and Doncaster Rovers spent
The annual figures, which cover the 2018 summer and 2019 winter windows, show that Premier League clubs spent a combined £261m on agent fees, £50m more than a year before, an increase of nearly 25 per cent.
Liverpool led the way for the second year in a row having paid agents nearly £44m. Just as in last year’s list, Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United complete the top four, with Chelsea spending £27m, City £24m and United £21m.
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Hide AdOverall, English football spent £318m on intermediaries, up £60m on a year ago.
This news came a day before Premier League clubs are set to meet in London to discuss ways to bring down the amount they spend on middlemen.
Figures in the Championship showed Middlesbrough spent £2.65m on agents’ fees, with Leeds United shelving out £2.26m, seventh and eighth highest figures in the division respectively.
Sheffield United paid £1.37m and Sheffield Wednesday £1.32m, the 12th and 14th highest figures in the division respectively. Hull City paid out £1.05m, the 17th highest in the Championship.
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Hide AdRotherham United comfortably paid out the lowest figure in the second tier spending just £154,653.
Championship clubs paid out a combined £50m, £8m more than a year ago, with Stoke City shelving out the most on agents, giving more than £7m.
League One sides spent almost £6m, with Sunderland accounting for half of the total on their own at £2.87m.
Banrsley’s amount of £428,580 was the second highest figure in the division. Bradford City’s was £154,410, with Doncaster Rovers paying out £88,753.
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Hide AdEmiliano Sala’s ill-fated transfer from Nantes to Cardiff has not been included by the FA in the list of Premier League transactions involving agents.
The 28-year-old Argentinian striker became the Premier League club’s record signing on January 19, but then died in a plane crash with his pilot David Ibbotson over the English Channel two days later.
Since then the two clubs have been locked in a bitter dispute over the £15m fee, with the French side demanding payment and Cardiff claiming the deal was not completed. FIFA have given the two sides until April 15 to settle the row.