Premier League clubs spend combined £67m on agent fees

PREMIER LEAGUE clubs cut their spending on agents’ fees by more than £3 million (€3.5m) last year but still spent a combined total in excess of £67m (€80m).

The latest figures to be released by the Premier League show that payments to agents by clubs on behalf of players fell from over £70.7m last year to £67.1m to the year ended September 30, 2010.

Champions Chelsea topped the list of big spenders with a whopping £9.3m shelled out to agents in the period under review. But last season’s leaders, Manchester City, halved their outlay from £12.8m to just under £6m.