Premier League clubs paid a record £115M to agents in the 12 months to the end of September, according to the BBC. The league's top spender was Chelsea, on £16.8M. Premier League champion Man City spent £12.8M -- £1.5M less than runner-up Liverpool. ManU spent just short of £8M, "almost double their previous year's spending with agents" of £4.3M. The record spend on transfer and agents' fees in '14 comes after the clubs "pocketed their first season's payment of vastly increased TV money." Last year was the start of a three-year domestic TV deal with Sky and BT worth £3.024B ($4.73B), a "70% increase on the old deal" (BBC, 11/28).
Premier League Agent Spending
|
| TEAM |
2013 SPEND
(£)
|
2014 SPEND
(£) |
| Chelsea |
13.7M
|
16.8M |
| Liverpool |
9.4M |
14.3M |
| Man City |
11.2M |
12.8M |
| Tottenham |
9.8M |
11M |
| ManU |
4.3M |
8M |
West Ham
|
4.2M |
6.4M |
| Everton |
3.2M |
5.8M |
| Sunderland |
4.6M |
5.3M |
| Arsenal |
5.5M |
4.3M |
| Stoke |
3.2M |
4M |
| Newcastle |
7.3M |
3.9M |
| Swansea |
1.5M |
3.8M |
West Brom
|
2.2M |
3.5M |
| QPR |
N/A |
3.2M |
| Southampton |
2.2M
|
2.8M |
Aston Villa
|
3.4M |
2.6M |
| Hull |
1.8M |
2.5M |
Crystal Palace
|
870,000
|
2.2M |
| Leicester |
N/A |
1.6M |
| Burnley |
N/A |
710,000 |
EPL TOTAL
|
96.7M
|
115.3M |
