Agents paid almost £13m by Football League clubs 19/08/2010 |
|
| |
| |
Football League clubs increased their payments to agents by £3.9m in the past year to a total of more than £12.7m.
The majority of the spending came from Championship clubs who paid out more than £10.1m, while £2.2m came from League One and £366,000 from League Two.
Of a total 2,392 transactions between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, an agent was paid 396 times.
The League has been publishing the figures since September 2003 as part of its bid for transparency.
Of the 72 clubs, 14 did not pay anything to agents, while a further 23 clubs paid less than £10,000.
Middlesbrough spent the most on agents' fees, with £1,464,200 being paid out as a result of 29 transactions. Newcastle, now back in the Premier League, was the only other club to spend seven figures, paying £1,073,076 over 39 transactions.
Southampton (£401,248) spent the most in League One, while Notts County (£246,483) accounted for over two-thirds of the money spent by League Two clubs.
New Football League chairman Greg Clarke said: "Given the current economic climate, it is worrying to see such a significant amount leaking from the game.
"This year's figures demonstrate a considerable increase on those of last season and it is essential that clubs work to reduce this liability over the coming campaign."
|
| Back |
| |
| |
|
|
 |
|
