English Premier League clubs pay out $160m in agent fees

(Reuters) - English Premier League clubs spent almost 100 million pounds on agents fees for brokering player transfers in the past 12 months, an increase of almost 20 million pounds on the previous year. The total spent by the 20 Premier League clubs was 96.67 million pounds in the year from October 1, 2012 until September 30 2013. London club Chelsea, who signed several new players including Demba Ba, Willian and Samuel Eto'o and brought in manager Jose Mourinho, paid 13.7 million pounds in agents' fees, almost double what they spent in 2012.



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