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Barclays Premier League clubs have revealed they spent £70.7million on agents' fees last season.
Manchester City were by far the biggest spenders, shelling out almost £13m during dates covering last winter and the recently closed summer transfer window.
Chelsea, bankrolled by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, paid out about £9.5m - the second highest - with Liverpool third on £6.7m and Tottenham Hotspur writing cheques worth £6.1m.
Premier League agents' fees table Total fees
Manchester City £12,874,283
Chelsea £9,562,223
Liverpool £6,657,305
Tottenham Hotspur £6,066,935
Wigan Athletic £5,527,548
Arsenal £4,760,241
West Ham United £3,576,972
Portsmouth £3,184,725
Bolton Wanderers £3,166,611
Everton £2,008,407
Sunderland £2,007,040
Aston Villa £1,708,374
Hull City £1,599,188
Manchester United £1,517,393
Blackburn Rovers £1,610,885
Fulham £1,469,258
Wolverhampton £1,235,703
Birmingham City £974,982
Stoke City £716,042
Burnley £468,398
Total: £70,692,513 (across 803 transactions)
Manchester United, by contrast, spent just £1.5m, while Premier League new boys Burnley were parted with the least amount of money - less than £500,000.
Source ailymail.co.uk
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