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    Agent fees revealed

    The Premier League has revealed clubs paid £70.6million to agents from October 2008 to September 2009.

    It is the first time payments to agents involving Premier League clubs have been disclosed and covers the last two transfer windows.

    Not surprisingly big-spenders Manchester Citytop the list having spent over £12million to agents after bringing in the likes of Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor, Joleon Lescott,Gareth Barry and Roque Santa Cruz in the summer.

    Chelsea are the next biggest spenders forking out over £9.5million to agents.

    Liverpool were third on £6.7million with Tottenham next in the list spending £6.1million.

    Reigning champions Manchester United only spent just over £1.5million to agents in the same time period.

    Premier League new boys Burnley spent the least of the 20 clubs, laying out just £468,000 in agent fees.

    The FA welcomed the publication of the fees paid to agents.

    An FA spokesperson said: "We are pleased that, through these new requirements, clubs are bringing greater transparency to the domestic transfer market.

    "For the first time, there will be a game-wide picture of the level of spending on agents. The leagues and other key stakeholders have been fully supportive, following the example set by the Football League with its publication of Agents' Fees over the last few years."

    The full list is:
    Arsenal - £4,760,241
    Aston Villa - £1,708,374
    Birmingham - £974,982
    Blackburn - £1,610,885
    Bolton - £3,166,611
    Burnley - £468,398
    Chelsea - £9,562,223
    Everton - £2,008,407
    Fulham - £1,469,258
    Hull - £1,599,188
    Liverpool - £6,657,305
    Manchester City - £12,874,283
    Manchester United - £1,517,393
    Portsmouth - £3,184,725
    Stoke - £716,042
    Sunderland - £2,007,040
    Tottenham - £6,066,935
    Wigan - £5,527,548
    West Ham - £3,576,972
    Wolves - £1,235,703

    #2
    Thieves, robbers and vagabonds, blood sucking leeches.
    Those that hid Anne Frank were breaking the law.
    Those that killed her, were following the law.

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      #3
      yep that's a fair bit of £

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        #4
        They are not needed in the slightest. One manager rings another- no need for an agent!!
        Originally posted by fah-q
        Didn't someone once see Philip Schofield ****ting into a crisp packet?

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          #5
          Does this include the amounts that go to players agents?
          In the beginning, Fowler created the Heaven and the Earth.

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