An perception into the charges forked over by all 20 Premier League golf equipment to participant brokers over the course of the final 12 months has been offered on Thursday.
The data comes courtesy of the Premier League themselves, who’ve revealed that, all informed, the division’s present members splashed out simply shy of £272.6 million over the course of the 12 months between the 2nd of February 2021, and thirty first of January 2022.
This marks a marginal enhance on the sum paid out throughout the identical stretch from 2020 to 2021.
Altogether unsurprisingly, it’s money-laden champions Manchester Metropolis who prime the pile with regards to charges afforded to participant representatives, with the Sky Blues’ outlay having are available at £35 million.
Second on the record are neighbours Man United at £29 million, intently adopted by Chelsea one million additional again.
Additionally that includes excessive on the record are the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal, with the graphic, highlighting the Premier League’s newest agent charge findings, showcased beneath:
| Group | Internet complete paid | |
|---|---|---|
|
Man Metropolis |
£35,046,646 | |
|
Man Utd |
£29,036,141 | |
|
Chelsea |
£28,227,858 | |
|
Liverpool |
£22,136,224 | |
|
Arsenal |
£18,652,818 | |
|
Tottenham |
£13,938,231 | |
|
Watford |
£12,593,435 | |
|
Leicester |
£12,046,495 | |
|
Wolves |
£11,958,945 | |
|
Everton |
£11,494,820 | |
|
Leeds |
£11,396,947 | |
|
West Ham |
£10,532,927 | |
|
Aston Villa |
£9,557,054 | |
|
Crystal Palace |
£8,865,483 | |
|
Norwich |
£8,667,246 | |
|
Newcastle |
£7,717,687 | |
|
Brighton |
£6,244,039 | |
|
Burnley |
£6,005,185 | |
|
Southampton |
£4,941,761 | |
|
Brentford |
£3,499,285 |
Cap incoming
Such figures in fact come within the midst of what has lengthy stood as bemusement on the a part of golf equipment and fanbases alike with regards to simply how handsomely participant reps are rewarded for his or her half in switch negotiations.
Simply final summer season, for instance, it was broadly reported that tremendous agent Mino Raiola had demanded a jaw-dropping €40 million sum from European champions Chelsea, to sanction a Stamford Bridge swap for Borussia Dortmund sensation Erling Haaland.
TRUE ✅ Mino Raiola demanded a wages of €50m/12 months for Erling Håland from @ChelseaFC this Summer season, along with brokers charges of €40m
— Christian Falk (@cfbayern) August 25, 2021
FIFA, world soccer’s governing physique, have because of this stepped in, to verify plans for a cap to be positioned on agent charges from subsequent summer season.
As per The Times, on the again of a concerted push from officers within the Premier League, ‘the brand new plan is for the ten per cent cap to have an effect on all transfer-related funds to brokers and a cap of three per cent of a participant’s wage for companies to that participant’.
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