Agents Fees

[ClaretTony]

Can't see anything on the board, these are the latest figures of how much clubs have paid in agents fees.

Premier League

£75,140,524 - Chelsea
£60,626,025 - Manchester City
£34,054,001 - Manchester United
£31,500,211 - Liverpool
£24,760,875 - Arsenal
£21,160,122 - Aston Villa
£19,731,099 - Tottenham
£18,881,923 - Newcastle
£15,999,925 - Bournemouth
£13,880,365 - West Ham
£13,392,541 - Wolves
£13,063,455 - Nottingham Forest
£12,062,906 - Fulham
£11,393,102 - Brighton
£11,082,430 - Crystal Palace
£10,623,224 - Everton
£8,147,957 - Brentford
£6,944,589 - Burnley
£5,127,509 - Sheffield United
£2, 020,146 - Luton

Championship (top three and bottom)

£13,287,748 - Leeds
£8,113,789 - Leicester
£7,572,386 - Southampton

£440,671 - Rotherham

League One (top three and bottom)

£434,465 - Derby
£397,788 - Reading
£396,184 - Fleetwood

£62,682 - Carlisle

League Two (top three and bottom)

£347,027 - Wrexham
£266,191 - Forest Green
£160,147 - Salford

£21,236 - Crewe

[jdrobbo]

It’s all eye-watering, but Chelsea? My word!!

[Goliath]

Bournemouth, Chelsea and Leeds the big standouts for me.
Also surprised how low Wrexhams and Salfords are. I jnow they are top but i expected it to be a higher figure. Thought they'd be getting rinsed for every penny

[RammyClaret61]

That is roughly half a billion gone out of the game, just in the premier league. Agents………

[Anonymous Claret]

With the odd exception, mainly Chelsea the money spent on agents fees is similar to the club's league position.
The top 3 spending Championship clubs are also in the top 4 along with Rotherham who are the lowest spenders cut adrift at the bottom.

[Rick_Muller]

It’s about time this was stopped. Players should pay their own agents out of their massive salaries and clubs should not be permitted to be affiliated with any of the parasites

[PremierLeagueClass]

Under Gradi, Crewe had a policy whereby they wouldn’t pay agents fees. Gradi refused on principle. Doesn’t look like they’ve deviated from that approach too much.

[Clovius Boofus]

It’s about time this was stopped. Players should pay their own agents out of their massive salaries and clubs should not be permitted to be affiliated with any of the parasites

It wouldn't make any difference. Their agents, working in the background, would ensure their 'fees' were covered in the contract negotiations. It's shite, though. Those costs are mental.

[FeedTheArf]

With the sheer amount of deals we’ve done in the last 12 months that’s quite impressive to keep it that low.

[alboclaret]

Can't see anything on the board, these are the latest figures of how much clubs have paid in agents fees.

Premier League

£75,140,524 - Chelsea
£60,626,025 - Manchester City
£34,054,001 - Manchester United
£31,500,211 - Liverpool
£24,760,875 - Arsenal
£21,160,122 - Aston Villa
£19,731,099 - Tottenham
£18,881,923 - Newcastle
£15,999,925 - Bournemouth
£13,880,365 - West Ham
£13,392,541 - Wolves
£13,063,455 - Nottingham Forest
£12,062,906 - Fulham
£11,393,102 - Brighton
£11,082,430 - Crystal Palace
£10,623,224 - Everton
£8,147,957 - Brentford
£6,944,589 - Burnley
£5,127,509 - Sheffield United
£2, 020,146 - Luton

Championship (top three and bottom)

£13,287,748 - Leeds
£8,113,789 - Leicester
£7,572,386 - Southampton

£440,671 - Rotherham

League One (top three and bottom)

£434,465 - Derby
£397,788 - Reading
£396,184 - Fleetwood

£62,682 - Carlisle

League Two (top three and bottom)

£347,027 - Wrexham
£266,191 - Forest Green
£160,147 - Salford

£21,236 - Crewe

Is there any dates? As in between these dates or is this a history of?

[ClaretTony]

Is there any dates? As in between these dates or is this a history of?

It's from 1st Feb 2023 to 1st Feb 2024 so taking in the last two transfer windows.

[Quickenthetempo]

Chester posted details of agent fees in detail on the year before.
Which agents players use etc.

Over on the magic money tree thread. Posted on Tuesday.

[roperclaret]

So basically the big 5 have spent more on agents between them in the last year than every other football club in the country put together.

[roperclaret]

It wouldn't make any difference. Their agents, working in the background, would ensure their 'fees' were covered in the contract negotiations. It's shite, though. Those costs are mental.

Agents who get paid by Premier League clubs should be subject to a 15% ‘tax’ that goes into a pot to be distributed between the other 72 league clubs. There’s £60 mill right there. If the up their fees to account for this at least the money is moving from the Premier into the pyramid

[ClaretTony]

It’s about time this was stopped. Players should pay their own agents out of their massive salaries and clubs should not be permitted to be affiliated with any of the parasites

Clubs also use agents to work for them on deals

[equinox]

Nasty agents, how dare they provide a service.

[Rick_Muller]

Clubs also use agents to work for them on deals

I understand that CT, but the practice should be outlawed IMO. But then I’m an ideologist and I know it would never happen

[Jellybean]

Nasty agents, how dare they provide a service.

Is it not normally just mates and family jumping on the kerching bandwagon

[ClaretTony]

I understand that CT, but the practice should be outlawed IMO. But then I’m an ideologist and I know it would never happen

Clubs ripped off players for years - so they got agents to look after their interests

[DCWat]

JJ Watt mentioned in his recent interview that in the US agents fees are limited to 3% of the deal (I think that was the figure).

Surely football as a whole could put something similar in place and ensure that it was policed to ensure compliance.

[aggi]

It’s about time this was stopped. Players should pay their own agents out of their massive salaries and clubs should not be permitted to be affiliated with any of the parasites

Technically they do. This is amounts paid by clubs to agents for services to clubs. There will be more that is paid to agents for services to players.

[daveisaclaret]

Can someone explain why this is bad? It seems like it's just clubs wilfully employing people to help them.

[Tricky Trevor]

It wouldn't make any difference. Their agents, working in the background, would ensure their 'fees' were covered in the contract negotiations. It's shite, though. Those costs are mental.

But the player could work out if he really needed an agent.

[taio]

Can someone explain why this is bad? It seems like it's just clubs wilfully employing people to help them.

The agent acts on behalf of the player, not the club employing them.

[Commy]

James Milner used the players association when he left Leeds. He said he didn't need an agent and thought they were ripping people off. He will probably have an agent now though as that is the way the game has gone.

[exilecanada]

Clubs ripped off players for years - so they got agents to look after their interests

That's true but why does the club pay the agents fee? Surely the player ought to pay the fee, after all the agent is working on the players behalf.
And for the life in me I've never understood why clubs need an agent! Why doesn't the club employ a negotiator/lawyer to do the negotiating on their behalf?

[ClaretTony]

That's true but why does the club pay the agents fee? Surely the player ought to pay the fee, after all the agent is working on the players behalf.
And for the life in me I've never understood why clubs need an agent! Why doesn't the club employ a negotiator/lawyer to do the negotiating on their behalf?

AS I said, agents are often working on the club's behalf

[exilecanada]

AS I said, agents are often working on the club's behalf

Maybe I'm not asking the question correctly, let's try this: Wouldn't it be more cost effective for the club to have a permanent employee to handle contract negotiations, rather than hiring an outside party?

[bfcjg]

I just think they are leeches who have destroyed many a career encouraging moves for their benefit not their " clients"

[timshorts]

So, just to put this in context, Chelsea paid more in agents fees in a single year than the entire gdp of the country of Tuvalu.