• Clubs spent £19m more on agents than in previous year
• Chelsea top list after outlay more than doubles to £13.7m
England's top clubs paid a record £96m in fees to agents in the last year, with Chelsea's outlay more than doubling to £13.7m. The figures released by the Premier League show clubs spent a combined £19m more on agents than in the previous 12 months.
Manchester City had topped the spending charts for the previous two years but dropped to second in the new list, paying £11.2m.
Tottenham, who spent heavily to reshape their squad after losing Gareth Bale, are ranked third with an outlay of £9.7m, with Liverpool fourth on £9.4m. Manchester United, who struggled to add to their ranks in the summer, spent a comparatively modest £4.3m.
Crystal Palace were the lowest spenders with an outlay of £869, 531, making them the only club to spend less than £1m.
The Premier League agreed in June 2008 that every club would publish the total amount paid to agents once a year. The figures also include any payments made by clubs to agents on behalf of their players.
Spending on agents Oct 2012-Sep 2013
Chelsea £13,721,721
Manchester City £11,179,817
Tottenham £9,787,676
Liverpool £9,400,973
Newcastle £7,294,018
Arsenal £5,485,961
Sunderland £4,640,227
Manchester United £4,317,690
West Ham £4,169,134
Fulham £3,790,115
Aston Villa £3,358,628
Everton £3,225,159
Stoke £3,191,808
Norwich £2,308,987
Cardiff £2,225,582
West Brom £2,211,054
Southampton £2,184,412
Hull £1,825,718
Swansea £1,484,878
Crystal Palace £869,531
via Football: Chelsea | theguardian.com http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/dec/01/premier-league-record-agents-fees
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