Chelsea were the biggest Premier League spenders on agents’ fees in the 12 months to the start of February 2021, data released by the English Football Association (FA) shows. The club invested heavily last summer to bring in Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Ben Chilwell among others and spent £35,247,822 on agents’ fees. The lowest top-flight spenders on agents’ fees were West Brom, whose outlay was £4,222,059. In total, clubs in this season’s Premier League spent £272,220,223 on such fees between 1 February 2020 and 1 February 2021, despite clubs suffering major losses because of the pandemic. Spending on agents’ fees was down by more than £9m in the Championship compared with the previous 12 months.

Source: The Irish Times March 31, 2021 17:31 UTC