Manchester City and Liverpool paid more money to agents between 1 October 2011 and 30 September 2012 than any other Premier League club, an official statement has revealed.
| CLUB | TOTAL SPENT ON AGENTS (OCT ’11 – SEP ’12) |
| Man City |
£10,537,982 |
| Liverpool |
£8,600,444 |
| QPR |
£6,818,688 |
| Tottenham |
£6,595,905 |
| Chelsea | £6,490,382 |
| Arsenal |
£5,580,873 |
| West Ham |
£4,436,992 |
| Man Utd |
£3,681,580 |
| Newcastle |
£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 |
£1,974,305 |
| Stoke City |
£1,717,266 |
| West Brom |
£1,341,301 |
| Norwich |
£1,248,725 |
| Swansea |
£1,100,845 |
| Southampton |
£646,106 |
The publication of teams’ expenditure on player agent fees has shown that a total of £77,003,130 was spent during the 12-month period by top flight clubs.
Out of the 806 transactions made during the period, City were the highest spenders on agents, accumulating a total expenditure of £10,537,982.
Liverpool spent the second most of any side with £8,600,444, whilst QPR, Tottenham and Chelsea respectively followed in the region of £6.5m – with Arsenal next in line with £5.5m
However, Manchester United were one of the lower spending clubs, with a total of £3,681,580, despite their capacity to spend on transfers. Southampton ranked lowest with just £646,106 spent.
The figures were released following an agreement in June 2008 that clubs would publish their total expenditure on player agents from the 2009-10 season onwards.