The Premier League has released figures showing that players agents took over ?70million out of the game in the period Oct 2008 to September 2009.
This is the first time that the Premier League have revealed amounts paid to agents and show that Manchester City were the club that paid out the most in agents fees in that time.
City shelled out over ?12million to agents in order to bring in players like Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez and Gareth Barry.
While Chelsea spent over ?9m on agents fees, with Liverpool and Tottenham both spending more than ?6m, reigning champions Manchester United only paid out ?1.5million.
The Football Association has welcomed the publication of the fees, saying:
“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.”
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Over ?70 Million Paid To Agents
