Chelsea were the big spenders this year to agents working the transfer market. Indeed, the amount of money Chelsea pay to agents has more than doubled in the space of a year.
Figures released by the Premier League show Chelsea top the table of payments to authorised agents, spending more than £13million between October 1, 2012 and September 30, 2013.
The Stamford Bridge club spent nearly £6.5million the in the previous year, between October 1, 2011 and September 30, 2012.
Payments made by Barclays Premier League clubs to agents between October 2012 and September 2013:
1. Chelsea: £13,721,721
2. Manchester City: £11,179,817
3. Tottenham: £9,787,676
4. Liverpool: £9,400,973
5. Newcastle: £7,294,018
6. Arsenal: £5,485,961
7. Sunderland: £4,640,227
8. Manchester United: £4,317,690
9. West Ham: £4,169,134
10. Fulham: £3,790,115
11. Aston Villa: £3,358,628
12. Everton: £3,225,159
13. Stoke: £3,191,808
14. Norwich: £2,308,987
15. Cardiff: £2,225,582
16. West Brom: £2,211,054
17. Southampton: £2,184,412
18. Hull City: £1,825,718
19. Swansea: £1,484,878
20. Crystal Palace: £869,531
