Championship clubs spend more than £69m on agents fees

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Championship clubs spent just over £69.5m on agents fees over the past 12 months according to figures released by the Football Association,, external an increase of £6m on the previous year.

The figures cover the period from February 2025 with Ipswich Town the top spenders, paying £11.7m having spent the first three months of the accounting period in the Premier League.

Southampton (£8.3m) and Leicester (£5.8m), who were relegated alongside Ipswich are the second and third-highest payers on the list.

Troubled Sheffield Wednesday were the most frugal when dealing with agents, spending £534,559.

Wrexham come in sixth on the list with an outlay of £3.6m while current Championship leaders Coventry spent just short of £1.5m.

Championship agents' fee spending, external

  • Ipswich - £11,738,920

  • Southampton - £8,381,358

  • Leicester City - £5,866,587

  • Sheffield United - £5,005,498

  • Norwich - £4,020,206

  • Wrexham - £3,660,584

  • Swansea - £3,088,645

  • Middlesbrough - £2,900,314

  • Bristol City - £2,774,990

  • Hull City - £2,450,431

  • Stoke City - £2,088,886

  • Birmingham City - £1,996,502

  • Millwall - £1,982,348

  • Preston North End - £1,831,233

  • QPR - £1,829,036

  • Watford - £1,612,833

  • Coventry - £1,497,990

  • Derby - £1,409,507

  • West Brom - £1,346,030

  • Oxford - £1,235,536

  • Charlton - £904,698

  • Portsmouth - £831,818

  • Blackburn - £676,980

  • Sheffield Wednesday - £534,559

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