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Your support makes all the difference.The 20 clubs in the Premier League spent nearly £130million on agents last year, a rise of £15m from the previous year.
Liverpool spent more than any other club from the period 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2015, handing out a whopping £14,301,464 on agents fees.
Manchester United (£13,881,814) and Manchester City (£12,429,380) with total spending for the Premier League at £129,857,560.
Five clubs spent more than £10m on agents fees, with Chelsea (£11,961,206) slightly ahead of Arsenal (£11,928,584).
The total spent in the Championship was £26.1million, £3.2million in League One and just £1million in League Two, while the smallest amount in the Premier League was the £1,620,229 spent by newcomers Watford.
Fees are not just paid to agents when transfers happen, but also when players sign new contracts.
During the period in question, there were 172 inbound transfers and loans in the Premier League, 542 new or improved contracts and 573 outbound transfers and loans - a total of 1,287 transactions, all of which could have led to an agent's fee being paid.
The biggest payers in the Championship were Cardiff (£2.8m), Fulham (£2.7m), QPR and Reading (both £2.3m).
Further down the pyramid, League One club Bury and League Two's Accrington Stanley Hartlepool did not pay anything at all in to agents.
Additional reporting from PA
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Premier League Club Payments to Agents
The below table shows the payments made by each Premier League club to agents in the period from the 1st October 2014 to the 30th September 2015
The amounts shown include payments made by clubs on behalf of players
Total £129,857,560
AFC Bournemouth £2,328,862
Arsenal £11,928,584
Aston Villa £4,986,058
Chelsea £11,961,206
Crystal Palace £4,719,931
Everton £4,479,432
Leicester City £4,057,727
Liverpool £14,301,464
Manchester City £12,429,380
Manchester United £13,881,814
Newcastle United £5,946,031
Norwich City £2,484,285
Southampton £5,391,172
Stoke City £5,308,545
Sunderland £3,404,540
Swansea City £4,250,030
Tottenham Hotspur £5,987,052
Watford £1,620,229
West Bromwich Albion £3,342,217
West Ham United £7,049,001
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