According to new data released by the FA, Chelsea spent more money on agent fees than Arsenal and Tottenham but it was Manchester City who topped the charts. The report states that Premier League clubs splashed an eye-watering £318.2 million on agent and intermediary fees this season, which is a 16.7% jump from last term.
However, the aforementioned increase is far less significant than the season-on-season English top-flight transfer fee spend. In 2021/22, Premier League clubs spent £1.44 billion on new players but, in 2022/23, that number almost doubled to a whopping £2.8bn.
But, it must be said that Chelsea single-handedly contributed to around 20% of the total English top-flight transfer spend after shelling out in the region of £600m on the likes of Enzo Fernandez, Mykhailo Mudryk and Wesley Fofana. As for Arsenal, they nearly eclipsed the £200m mark with the arrivals of Gabriel Jesus, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Fabio Vieira - among others too.
