'Football broker': Hot job in the foggy country

In the last two transfer windows, Premier League clubs have spent a total of £115 million on football agents involved in player deals. Chelsea tops the list in terms of the amount spent.

Four clubs have spent eight figures. Chelsea spent the most, 16 million 771 thousand 328 pounds. Liverpool came in second, spending 14 million 308 thousand 444 pounds. Manchester City came in third, spending 12 million 881 thousand 946 pounds, while Tottenham spent 10 million 983 thousand 11 pounds.

Jorge Mendes is still the boss in the "player agent" world.

Last year, these four clubs alone spent more on agents than all the other first division clubs combined. Other Premier League clubs with limited budgets can only spend moderate amounts on agents. Burnley spent £711,240, Leicester City also spent £1,608,418. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace, Hull, Aston Villa and Southampton spent no more than £3 million.

These statistics summarize the amount of money that Premier League clubs spent on agents between 1 October 2013 and 30 September 2014. This type of fee has been officially listed and recognized in the Premier League's financial books since the 2009-2010 season. The figures have given a general and detailed view of the 'income' of agents each time a new contract is successfully agreed.

Chelsea, on the other hand, have admitted that football 'agents' have helped them a lot and that the huge sums spent were completely 'worth the money'. With those brokers, Chelsea have had Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas.

Liverpool spent £117 million to make a 'blood change' after last year's disappointing season, including the Southampton trio of Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren and Rickie Lambert. However, like Manchester City, the port city team also bought a player related to a third party. Therefore, the fee for this broker must be completed before they can get a new player. That player is Lazar Markovic, while at Man City it is Eliaquim Mangala, who cost the club £40 million.

The third person involved in the Mangala transfer deal is 'super agent' Jorge Mendes. According to Sportsmail, Mendes has made transfers worth an estimated total of over £1 billion during his career and pocketed £100 million. The Premier League has never been 'afraid' to spend money on new players. So giving football 'agents' a little more is not a big deal.

According to TTVH