Manchester City Biggest Agent Fees Spenders in Premier League

December 3, 2012

Payments by Premier League clubs to players agents increased to a staggering £77m over the last two transfer windows with Manchester City being the biggest spenders.

According to figures released by the Premier League, bottom-of-the-table Queens Park Rangers paid the third highest amount to agents over the past year.

Champions Manchester City were the biggest spenders on £10,537,982, with Liverpool forking out the second most with £8,600,444.

But it was Rangers whose payments stood out as they paid £6,818,688, almost treble their previous year’s figure, after signing a number of high-profile players during the summer.

Julio Cesar, Park Ji-sung, Jose Bosingwa and Esteban Granero were all brought in by manager Mark Hughes, who was sacked last week after failing to earn a league win this season.

Tottenham (£6,595,905) were fourth on the list, followed by UEFA Champions League winners Chelsea(£6,490,382), Arsenal (£5,580,873) and West Ham (£4,436,992), while Manchester United’s figure dropped to £3,681,580 from £4,457,103.

Promoted Southampton had the lowest figure (£646,106), with Swansea – last year’s lowest spenders – second-bottom of the list despite their payments having risen from £248,633 to £1,100,845.

The overall amount among the top flight teams was £77,003,130 from 806 transactions, compared to £71,868,749.94 over the previous 12 months.

Payments made by each Premier League club to agents in the period October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012 (amounts shown include payments made by clubs on behalf of players):

Manchester City

£10,537,982

Liverpool

£8,600,444

Queens Park Rangers

£6,818,688

Tottenham Hotspur

£6,595,905

Chelsea

£6,490,382

Arsenal

£5,580,873

West Ham United

£4,436,992

Manchester United

£3,681,580

Newcastle United

£3,485,503

Everton

£3,092,891

Aston Villa

£2,730,539

Fulham

£2,581,208

Sunderland

£2,173,762

Reading

£2,167,833

Wigan Athletic

£1,974,305

Stoke City

£1,717,266

West Bromwich Albion

£1,341,301

Norwich City

£1,248,725

Swansea City

£1,100,845

Southampton

£646,106