Agents Fees

[Kowalski]

Reported by Martin Ziegler that the current Premier league clubs have spent £409m on agents fees in the last 12 months. Insane.

 

[TeaCider]

£300m of that was Chelsea.

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

Leeches.
Why football clubs are paying them when they're representing the players baffles me?

 

[BeanBeany]

While there are idiots like the Chelsea owner willing to part with £70m in a season there will always be agents happy to oblige. There really shouldn’t be any need for clubs of Chelsea’s wealth and status to use agents but it seems that clubs are all too happy to be told that the need these “experts” to do the deal