Further down the pyramid, League One club Bury and League Two’s Accrington Stanley Hartlepool did not pay anything at all to agents.
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Premier League clubs splashed out over $295 million NZD on agents’ fees a year ago – a 15 million increase on the previous 12 months.
It could be down to deals like James Milner’s free transfer from City and big-money signings Christian Benteke and Firmino, while clubs have been known to stagger agent payments, meaning Mario Balotelli’s annus horribilis could also feature in the total.
The lowest spenders were Watford, who only parted with £1.6m on agents, although for part of the period in question they were in the Championship.
Liverpool, the English soccer team backed by the owners of baseball’s Boston Red Sox, paid 14.3 million pounds ($21.5 million) in agent fees in 2015, more than any other team in the Premier League, according to official figures.
Manchester United are second having paid £13,881,814 while Manchester City are third have spent £12,429,380.
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A new report has revealed that Liverpool’s outlay of over £14 million is the highest of all 20 Premier League clubs, per the MailOnline’s Neil Ashton.
