West Ham has paid out over £79m to agents and intermediaries since the FA required that amounts should be published.
£13,167,647 of that grand total was spent last season on agents by West Ham, the eighth biggest spenders in the top flight league
The Hammers total is down on the £14,414,845 paid out to agents and intermediary in 2018/2019 season though.
All seasons since Premier League clubs were required to publish figures in 2008
In 2019/2020 £13,167,647 in agent fees
In 2018/2019 £14,414,845 in agent fees
In 2017/2018 £8,387,694 in agent fees
In 2016/2017 £9,486,397 in agent fees
In 2015/2016 £2,691,331 in agent fees
In 2014/2015 £7,049,001.18 in agent fees
In 2013/2014 £6,380,339 in agent fees
In 2012/2013 £4,169,134 in agent fees
In 2010/2011 £4,436,992 in agent fees
In 2009/2010 £3,419,089 in agent fees
In 2008/2009 £5,527,548 in agent fees
Grand total: £79,130,017.18
| Premier League spending 2019-20 | |
|---|---|
| Club | Net total paid to agents/intermediaries |
| Total | £263,368,860 |
| Liverpool | £30,308,791 |
| Manchester City | £29,025,799 |
| Manchester United | £27,560,409 |
| Chelsea | £26,183,337 |
| Everton | £16,942,997 |
| Leicester City | £15,367,250 |
| Arsenal | £13,556,101 |
| West Ham | £13,167,647 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | £12,499,074 |
| Watford | £9,931,479 |
| Bournemouth | £9,512,577 |
| Newcastle United | £9,010,554 |
| Wolves | £8,619,016 |
| Crystal Palace | £8,154,437 |
| Southampton | £6,900,365 |
| Brighton | £6,851,867 |
| Aston Villa | £6,692,576 |
| Norwich | £4,908,930 |
| Sheffield United | £4,256,434 |
| Burnley | £3,919,220 |
That’s why supporters are getting disillusioned with the game.
Agents and players are bleeding the game dry and clubs allow it.
Why? Because half the agents are relatives to the managers or directors of the clubs and paying these fees, it’s all very incestuous.
Look at West Ham ladies, who funds that team? The agents that the club uses, so I read somewhere.
Until FIFA/ UEFA bans any agent that had a relationship within either club Or has to be publicly declared and all agents fees must be paid by the players themselves, like every other run business in the modern world then the gravy train will roll on.
I think it’s disgraceful.