City the big spenders as clubs reveal agents' fees

Premier League clubs are paying almost £2 million a week to agents in commission as the middle men's earnings were revealed for the first time by the top flight.

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Manchester City were unsurprisingly the Premier League's big spenders on agents.

The 20 English top flight clubs disclosed they spent £70.7 million on agents' fees last season alone.

"The figure published today reflects a small part of the financial commitment we made in making the moves to strengthen the squad during the two transfer windows in question.

"We also secured some of our best young players on new long term contracts in order to help ensure stability and continuity at the club."

The list in full:

1. Manchester City - £12,874,283
2. Chelsea - £9,562,223
3. Liverpool - £6,657,305
4. Tottenham - £6,066,935
5. Wigan - £5,527,548
6. Arsenal - £4,760,241
7. West Ham - £3,576,972
8. Portsmouth - £3,184,725
9. Bolton - £3,166,611
10. Everton - £2,008,407
11. Sunderland - £2,007,040
12 Aston Villa - £1,708,374
13. Blackburn - £1,610,885
14. Hull - £1,599,188
15. Manchester United - £1,517,393
16. Fulham - £1,469,258
17. Wolves - £1,235,703
18. Birmingham - £974,982
19. Stoke - £716,042
20. Burnley - £468,398