We continue our look at how much your club spent on agent fees from 2024 to 2025, take a look for yourself by scrolling down…
The spending on agent/intermediary fees for League One stood at just over £7.5m, with Huddersfield coming out on top for the division with 1.1m.
Wrexham (284k), Birmingham City (589k), Bolton Wanderers (471k), and Charlton Athletic (430k) make up the rest of the top five. While Shrewsbury came out bottom.
CLUB – NET TOTAL
BARNSLEY – £367,832
BIRMINGHAM CITY – £589,728
BLACKPOOL – £375,432
BOLTON WANDERERS – £471,992
BRISTOL ROVERS – £187,962
BURTON ALBION – £262,546
CAMBRIDGE UNITED – £197,886
CHARLTON ATHLETIC – £430,596
CRAWLEY TOWN – £129,646
EXETER CITY – £99,801
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN – £1,160,403
LEYTON ORIENT – £172,049
LINCOLN CITY – £293,605
MANSFIELD TOWN – £160,365
NORTHAMPTON TOWN – £108,942
PETERBOROUGH UNITED – £275,434
READING – £185,686
ROTHERHAM UNITED – £262,051
SHREWSBURY TOWN – £76,161
STEVENAGE – £187,423
STOCKPORT COUNTY – £421,077
WIGAN ATHLETIC – £137,954
WREXHAM – £784,535
WYCOMBE WANDERERS – £243,821
TOTAL – £7,582,927
Chelsea came out on top for the highest amount paid in fees to agents and intermediaries compared to other Premier League clubs for the 2025-25 campaign.
Enzo Maresca’s side spent just over £60m for agents to help facilitate transfers for the men’s team — in figures published by the FA — between February 2, 2024 to February 3, 2025.
Man City come in at second on the list, just over £52m paid on agents/intermediaries fees, then comes the third highest paying club; Manchester United, who paid over £33m on agents/intermediaries fees. This is the same top three as for last season.
Aston Villa (£25m), Newcastle (£24.3m), Arsenal (£22.8m), and Liverpool (£20.8m) round out the top six. Those also included in the top 10 were West Ham (£19m), Tottenham (£18.4m), and Brighton (£16.5m). Ipswich Town spent the least at £6.2m, despite earning Premier League promotion.
The total sum of Premier League club’s spending on agent fees totalled over £409.1m, slightly down from £409.5m in the 2023-24 campaign.
Championship spending on agent/intermediary fees stood at just over £63m, with Leeds United coming out on top for the division with 18.8m, higher than the £13.2m for last season.
Burnley, the second-highest spender, paid £5.3m. Sheffield United placing third with £4.4m. Oxford United spent the least with £572.808
League Two spending on agent/intermediary fees stood at just over £2.7m, with Fleetwood coming out on top for the division with £284,407.
Down in the National League, spending on agent/intermediary fees stood at just £1,881,698, with Forest Green coming out on top of that with over 133k.
Take a look at the League Two agent fees for 2024/25 on the next page….
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