Fees English clubs pay agents shoot up 38% to £220m as Manchester City, Chelsea and United lead the spending


FEES English clubs paid agents have shot up 38% to £220million.

Manchester City (£26.3m), Chelsea (£25.1m) and Manchester United (£19m) lead the way as the Premier League spent £174m in all from February 2016 to January this year

Manchester City, in their first season under Pep Guardiola, have spent the most on agents
Man City, including the first term under Pep Guardiola, spent the most on agents
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The staggering figures come in a season where the Prem also splashed a record £1.38bn on transfers.


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But the most amazing rise in pay-outs to agents was in the Championship.

England’s second-tier clubs spent £42,4m – up 62%.

But spending in the bottom two divisions fell.

League One clubs paid £3.1m, down from £3.168m.

Ex-Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is in his first season as Manchester United boss – in a financial year when the club spent £19million on agents
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France midfielder Paul Pogba returned to Man Utd in a world-record £89m transfer
France midfielder Paul Pogba returned to Man Utd in a world-record £89m transfer
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And the total in League Two dropped to £821,450 from £1,007,920.

The figures are the first full-year results since 2014-2-15.

And they underline a season of huge spending where Jose Mourinho broke the world transfer record by paying £89m to Juventus for France midfielder Paul Pogba.

Chelsea chief Antonio Conte could be set for a massive summer spending spree
Chelsea chief Antonio Conte could be set for a massive summer spending spree
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