Chelsea’s £65m tops list of Premier League fees paid to agents, Wrexham spend up 367 per cent
Fees paid to agents by men’s teams in England’s top four divisions raced past the half-billion-pound barrier for the first time this season, according to data disclosed by the Football Association (FA) on Wednesday afternoon. Amounts paid to intermediaries in the two tiers of the Women’s Super League are over 100 times lower but growing; agent fees there almost doubled from a year ago. The FA releases an annual report detailing sums paid to agents in a given timeframe, with the latest release covering February 4 2025 to February 3 2026.
The sums disclosed can have been paid at any point during that period, though the bulk will have come in the two transfer windows of the ongoing 2025-26 season. In the Premier League, the division’s current 20 clubs paid a total £460. 3million ($613m) over the 12-month period, a 13 per cent increase on the year prior.
Across the 10 seasons the FA has been releasing such data, Premier League club payments to agents now total £3. 1billion, and after no growth in combined amounts last year, normal service has resumed. This year’s figure is 45 per cent higher than just three seasons ago.
That increase reflects surging transfer fees in England’s top tier and, correspondingly, the biggest spenders reflect the club who have become synonymous with transfer activity in recent seasons. Chelsea spent £65. 1million on agent fees, topping the club list for the third season running under the ownership of BlueCo, a consortium led by Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly.
In BlueCo’s other season at the helm, Chelsea were the second-highest spenders on agents. In 2025-26, Chelsea accounted for 12 per cent of the agent spend of the 92 clubs in the football league. In all, Chelsea have spent £272million on agent fees in four seasons under their current owners, significantly more than anyone else in that period bar Manchester City (£236.
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