Unstoppable rise in agent fees has substantial impact on clubs’ financial profitability
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Agent fees have been a hot topic in the world of football with FIFA expecting to implement a series of wide-ranging reforms to the work of intermediaries.
Publicly available agent fees from four out of the five biggest leagues reveal that clubs have paid out significantly more to intermediaries in recent years, with a rise of 32 per cent since 2017.
By some distance, the Premier League has the highest spending on agent fees with Liverpool at the top.
Mitigating agent fees would have a substantial positive impact on the profitability of the Premier League clubs.
12 November 2021 - 1:35 PM
Agent fees have been one of the big talking points in the football industry for a long time. Many see agents as necessary intermediaries between clubs, protecting the players and helping them make the right decisions in their careers, while others see them as vile people acting out of self-interest.
Both agents and clubs have for the last couple of years been sitting tight and waiting to see when and how new FIFA regulations will be implemented, which is expected to take effec
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