English Premier League clubs paid out more than £272.6m to football agents during the 2021/22 season, with the defending champions Manchester City being the biggest spenders. Manchester City, who signed Jack Grealish for £100m last summer and secured a number of their star players on new deals, paid just over £35m to agents between 2 February 2021 and 31 January 202.
Manchester United (£29m) and Chelsea (£28.2m) followed the Premier League leaders with their big buys of Romelu Lukaku and Jodan Sancho respectively. Premier League newcomers Brentford were the lowest spenders after paying out £3.5m. Figures released by the Football Association show the total spend of £272.6m was a slight rise from £272.6m last year when Chelsea spent the most.
In the Championship, the amount spent on agents’ fees rose from £40.8m to £44.4m in total, with Fulham the biggest spenders with £10.1m, significantly ahead of West Brom who were second with £4.1m.
Arsenal£18,652,818
Aston Villa£9,557,054
Brentford£3,499,285
Brighton£6,244,039
Burnley£6,005,185
Chelsea£28,227,858
Crystal Palace£8,865,483
Everton£11,494,820
Leeds£11,396,947
Leicester£12,046,495
Liverpool£22,136,224
Manchester City£35,046,646
Manchester United£29,036,141
Newcastle£7,717,687
Norwich£8,667,246
Southampton£4,941,761
Tottenham£13,938,231
Watford£12,593,435
West Ham£10,532,927
Wolves£11,958,945
Total£272,559,227