Agents take £70million out of football

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Agents take £70million out of football The sum relates to a total of 803 transactions with, unsurprisingly, Manchester City and Burnley the highest and lowest spenders respectively. Burnley spent "just" £468,398 while City's big-name signings meant they spent £12,874,283, comfortably ahead of Chelsea (£9,562,223) and Liverpool (£6,657,305).   Related Articles Roman Pavlyuchenko linked with Roma Owen Hargreaves can make big difference, says Ince The Daily Bung: Hobbits 0 Orcs 3 Tottenham out for revenge against Man United FA investigate Arsenal 'camera throwing' Sir Alex Ferguson: Nani not for sale Under new regulations, clubs, players, authorised agents and exempt solicitors agree to the publication of the figures after Nov 30 each year. A Football Association spokesperson said: "We are pleased that, through these new requirements, clubs are bringing greater transparency to the domestic transfer market. "For the first time, there will be a game-wide picture of the level of spending on agents.[Read more...]

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