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Premier League: over 300 million euros paid to player agents
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Football agent Jorge Mendes of GestiFute attends the Premier League match between Crystal Palace and Wolverhampton at Selhurst Park, 6 October 2018 in London. The revelation was made Thursday by the English Football Association (FA), representing a 25% increase…
By Rédaction
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Among these clubs, Liverpool's Reds lead with 51 million euros following the transfers of Alisson Becker, Naby Keita, Fabinho and Xherdan Shaqiri, over the period from 1 February 2018 to 31 January 2019.
They are followed respectively by Chelsea's Blues, which paid out 31.5 million euros, Manchester City 28 million euros, and Manchester United with 24.5 million euros.
A meeting is scheduled for Friday between Premier League clubs on ways to reduce fees related to intermediaries in football.
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The question of dual representation, which allows an agent to act for both the buying club and the selling club, is heavily criticized.
It constitutes one of the main measures that will be prohibited.
A cap on fees and the reintroduction of an examination to become an agent will be proposed during Friday's meeting.
If clubs in lower divisions are taken into account, English football will have spent 371 million euros in commissions paid to agents.
