Agents seem to control football these days. People like Jorge Mendes has more control than he really should, and his players dominant the transfer market.
The Football Association have revealed the staggering sums of money paid to agents by Premier League clubs in the five month period between October 2015 and February 2016.
Manchester United spend by a distance the most amount on agents, almost twice as much as Liverpool in second, three times as much as Aston Villa in fourth, and 20 times as much as Everton in 20th.
Champions elect Leicester City are way down in 14th, while Arsenal are also in the bottom half.
20. Everton = £471,400
19. Swansea City = £491,000
18. Newcastle United = £538,107
17. Sunderland = £733,894
16. Watford = £782,494
15. Southampton = £799,750
14. Leicester City = £936,004
13. Norwich City = £1,183,890
12. Crystal Palace = £1,197,845
11. Arsenal = £1,451,647
10. Bournemouth = £1,638,571
9. West Bromwich Albion = £1,700,127
8. Stoke = £1,748,093
7. Chelsea = £2,214,227
6. Tottenham Hotspur = £2,562,853
5. West Ham = £2,691,331
4. Aston Villa = £3,135,483
3. Manchester City = £5,880,098
2. Liverpool = £6,672,713
1. Manchester United = £10,023,318
[Irish Independent]
