Newcastle United spent £10.8million on agent fees during the 2022/23 season according to new data released by the FA. But they are way down the Premier League's table for agent fees and spent nowhere near the amount of big guns such as Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool. The data is more evidence of Newcastle not spending lavish amounts despite having wealthy backers.
Newcastle were actually 11th in the table with Man City sitting at the top have splashed out £51.6m. Chelsea - who finished the season in the bottom half of the Premier League table - are next with £43.2m. And Liverpool came in with £33.7m. Leeds spent more on agents fees this season than almost any other Premier League club outside the traditional so-called ‘big six’. Overall in the 2022/23 season, Premier League clubs spent a record-breaking £2.8 billion on transfers.
Chelsea’s new owners flexed their muscles significantly as the Blues spent more than £500 million alone across both transfer windows. And according to new data released by the FA, clubs in the top flight shelled out a total of £318.2 million on agents/intermediaries fees during this season.
Compared to last year, spending on agents fees jumped up by 16.7%, with Premier League clubs spending £272.6 million in 2021/22. However, the increase in agent fees from the previous year was less significant than the increase in the overall transfer spend. PL clubs spent £1.44 billion on transfers in 2021/22. In 2022/23, the transfer outlay almost doubled to £2.8 billion.
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United's £10.8million spend on fees includes deals for Sven Botman from Lille, Alexander Isak from Real Sociedad and Nick Pope from Burnley last summer. It was topped up by the January arrival of Anthony Gordon from Everton for £40m.
The likes of Brentford, Bournemouth and surprisingly Nottingham Forest find themselves at the bottom of the table with the least money spent on agents despite a spate of deals at the City Ground. Brentford - who secured an impressive, ninth-placed finish this season - spent just £5.6m on agents.
Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest, who were both promoted from the Championship last summer, spent £5.1m and £4.4m respectively, on agents.
Vyom Chaudhary, football expert at Safebettingsites.com, said: “It’s interesting to note that City tops the list of agents fees despite doing very limited transfer business during 2022-23. It’s very likely, as multiple reports have suggested, that City had to spend a huge sum of money on agents to acquire Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund."
Club Money spent on agent fees in 22/23 (£M)
Manchester City 51.6
Chelsea 43.2
Liverpool 33.7
Manchester United 24.7
Arsenal 16.7
Tottenham 16.1
Aston Villa 15.6
Leeds United 15.3
Everton 13.5
West Ham United 12.0
Newcastle United 10.8
Leicester City 10.3
Crystal Palace 9.8
Fulham 8.8
Brighton 8.6
Southampton 6.3
Wolves 6.2
Brentford 5.6
Bournemouth 5.1
