Leeds United Premier League's second-biggest spenders on agents fees outside 'Big Six' as figures revealed for top seven divisions

The Whites’ outlay of more than £15m was nearly twice as much as Leagues One Two, the Conference Premier Division, North and South combined, but less than a third of Manchester City's spend.

The last 12 months saw Leeds break their transfer record twice, for Brenden Aaronson in the summer and Georgino Rutter in January. Making Weston McKennie's loan from Juventus permanent would cost a similar fee to Rutter's £35m move from Hoffenheim.

But the official figures published by the Football Assocation highlight the disparity in the distribution of wealth across English football.

City spent more than £51.5m on agents in a period which saw them buy Kalvin Phillips from Leeds for £42m.

Chelsea paid £43.2m, Liverpool £33.7m and Manchester United £24.7m.

Next came the (financial) second tier of the "Big Six" in Arsenal (£16.7m) and Tottenham Hotspur (£16.1m).

Aston Villa were seventh with £15.6m.

In total, Premier League clubs spent £318,219,426.

Promotion-chasing Middlesbrough and Sheffield United were both in the Championship's top seven despite the latter's well-documented financial problems.

Three clubs – Norwich City, Watford and Burnley – spent more than £4m on agents' fees.

Middlesbrough's £2.2m put them fifth, behind West Bromwich Albion. The Blades were seventh with £1.9m.

Hull City and Huddersfield Town were 11th and 12th respectively, spending £1.3m and £1.2m.

Only Reading spent less than Rotherham United's £273,412.

Three clubs outspent Sheffield Wednesday in League One, relegated Derby County's £1.1m dwarfing the Owls' £404,098. Barnsley were eighth with £234,190.

Despite having comfortably League Two's biggest gates and a big turnover of players in the last two transfer windows, Stockport County, Salford City, Mansfield Town, Crawley Town and Leyton Orient all spent more than Bradford City's £76,642.

Doncaster Rovers' head of football operations James Coppinger this week told The Yorkshire Post his club had "the average League Two budget" when it came to transfers. On agents' fees they were 14th out of 24 clubs, their £55,000 being £15,000 below average.

Harrogate Town spent £49,000.

Unsurprisingly, Wrexham accounted for a quarter of all spending on agents across the three divisions of the National League, outspending 37 league clubs.

In their first season back in the Conference, York City's £27,937 was the sixth biggest outlay on agents, with Halifax Town (£16,677) 11th and Guiseley (£1,000) 28th.

The full figures are available here.