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Premier League clubs increase spending on agents fees

Clubs have been obligated to reveal the amount they spent on representatives during this period – which includes two transfer windows – since 2008, with the 2015/16 results confirming a rise.

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The Anfield club spent £14,301,464 this year – down slightly from last year – while Premier League new boys Watford spent the least with a bill of just £1,620,229.

Liverpool shelled out the most in agents’ fees of any Premier League club during the past 12 months despite enduring a torrid time on the pitch which culminated in the sacking of manager Brendan Rodgers.

Cherries also stumped up transfer fees on Joshua King (£1m from Blackburn), Glenn Murray (£4m from Crystal Palace) and Lee Tomlin (£3m from Middlesbrough).

Johannesburg, Dec.1: Premier League clubs have increased their spending spree on agents’ fee by 15 million as they had splashed out a whopping 130 million pounds on agents past year.

During the past year, Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez have been two of the players who have signed new four-year contracts adding to City’s bill.

In total, Premier League clubs spent £129.8m.

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In their promotion season of 2012-13 when Cherries won a place in the Championship, they spent £688,666 on agents’ fees – the highest in League One and ninth in the Football League.

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