How much your club spent on agent fees from 2025 to 2026

We continue our look at how much your club spent on agent fees from 2025 to 2026, take a look for yourself by scrolling down…

Championship spending on agent/intermediary fees stood at just over £69.6m, with Ipswich Town coming out on top for the division with 11.7m.

Southampton, the second-highest spender, paid £8.3m. Leicester placing third with £5.8m. Sheffield Wednesday spent the least with £534,559.

CLUB – NET TOTAL BIRMINGHAM CITY – £ 1,996,502 BLACKBURN ROVERS – £676,980 BRISTOL CITY – £2,774,990 CHARLTON ATHLETIC – £904,698 COVENTRY CITY – £1,497,990 DERBY COUNTY – £1,409,507 HULL CITY – £2,450,431 IPSWICH TOWN – £11,738,920 LEICESTER CITY – £5,866,587 MIDDLESBROUGH – £2,900,314 MILLWALL – £1,982,348 NORWICH CITY – £4,020,206 OXFORD UNITED – £1,235,536 PORTSMOUTH – £831,818 PRESTON NORTH END – £1,831,233 QUEENS PARK RANGERS – £1,829,036 SHEFFIELD UNITED – £5,005,498 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY – £534,559 SOUTHAMPTON – £8,381,358 STOKE CITY – £2,088,886 SWANSEA CITY – £3,088,645 WATFORD – £1,612,833 WEST BROMWICH ALBION – £1,346,030 WREXHAM – £3,660,584 TOTAL – £69,665,489

Chelsea spent £65.1million for agents to help facilitate transfers for the men’s team, in figures published by the FA, between February 4, 2025 to February 2, 2026.

Aston Villa come in at second on the list, just over £38.4million paid on agents/intermediaries fees, then comes the third highest paying club; Manchester City, who paid £37.4million on agents/intermediaries fees.

Liverpool (£33.8m), Arsenal (£32.1m, Manchester United (£31.7m), and Wolves (£25.8m) round out the top six. The total sum of Premier League club’s spending on agent fees totalled over £460,300,308, up from £409,137,387 in the 2025-26 campaign.

The spending on agent/intermediary fees for League One stood at just over £14m, with Luton coming out on top for the division with £3.3m.

League Two spending on agent/intermediary fees stood at just over £2.6m, with Milton Keynes Dons coming out on top for the division with £341,855.

Down in the National League system, spending on agent/intermediary fees stood at just £1,174,550, with Carlisle coming out on top of that with £187,960.

In April 2024, Premier League agent spending had been criticised by Fifa boss Gianni Infantino, saying: “Most of this money is leaving football. In an Instagram post, he contrasted this to the 30m Euros (£25.8m) received by European clubs from the Premier League for players they had brought through, in compensation and solidarity payments. He added these payments “are imposed by Fifa regulations and are vital for thousands of less privileged clubs who struggle to generate sufficient revenue, and are therefore crucial for developing, training and giving opportunities to young players all over the world”. “At Fifa, we are trying to implement some clear and fair rules to the transfer system, including agents regulations, for the sake of transparency, accountability and better redistribution across all levels of the game,” Infantino added. “Because of that we were sued by some agents, but Fifa will continue to defend its position in court.” “I call on governments and lawmakers to join us and play an active role in ensuring the funds generated in transfers are kept within football and are shared with clubs from all around the world, as they are absolutely key for current and future generations of footballers.”

Take a look at the League One agent fees for 2025/26 on the next page….
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