QPR Spending on Agents Highest in Football League - Latest Agents Fees Report

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- Football Agents Fees Report: QPR Spending on Agents Fees: January 1 -June 30, 2009: 380,000 pounds (the most by any club in the Championship, over this six months period.]

[In the previous six months, QPR spending was a lot less. Over the entire twelve months June 2008-June 2009, QPR spending was "only" 420,000 pounds - dwarfed by Derby County (1 million +) Birmingham (750,000 +), Cardiff (530+), Norwich (526,000) and Preston (460,000)]

Football League - AGENTS’ FEES FALL BY £2m

The latest publication of Football League clubs spending on agents' fees has revealed that the amount of money committed to agents has fallen by more than £2 million in the last twelve months.

League clubs committed £8.8m to agents between July 2008 and June 2009 compared to £11.1m for the same period in 2007/08.

In announcing the latest agents' fees figures Football League Chairman Lord Mawhinney said:

"Given the current financial outlook, it is encouraging that clubs are being more circumspect in terms of their payments to agents.

"In fact, clubs only committed to pay an agent in 6% of the 3,700 player transactions that took place during the course of the season. This is the lowest figure recorded in the five seasons since the publication of agents' fees began.

"I would like to think that in pioneering the publication of agents' fees, The Football League has helped bring this about."

During the 2008/09 season clubs committed to pay agents in 229 (6.1%) of the 3,727 player transactions that took place, collectively committing the sum of £8,809,501.

Championship clubs accounted for £7.5m (86%) of this total, with League 1 and League 2 clubs accounting for £1.1m (12%) and £0.2m (2%) respectively.

Nineteen clubs did not commit any money to agents during the 12 months covered by this report. They were Accrington Stanley, AFC Bournemouth, Barnet, Chester City, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Dagenham & Redbridge, Darlington, Exeter City, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Hartlepool United, Hereford United, Macclesfield Town, Northampton Town, Port Vale, Rochdale, Scunthorpe United and Tranmere Rovers. A further ten clubs paid less than £10,000.

OVERALL 2008/09 FIGURES (2007/08 figures in brackets)

o Between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009 Football League clubs engaged in 3,727 (3,399) player transactions (new registrations/player transfers, contract updates, contract cancellations and loans);
o Clubs committed to pay an agent in 229 (283) of these transactions;
o Therefore, no agent was used in 3,498 transactions;
League clubs committed to spend £8,809,501 (£11,066,083) on agents' fees during the period of this report;
o 19 clubs (18) did not commit any money to agents during the 12 months covered by this report; They were Accrington Stanley, AFC Bournemouth, Barnet, Chester City, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Dagenham & Redbridge, Darlington, Exeter City, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Hartlepool United, Hereford United, Macclesfield Town, Northampton Town, Port Vale, Rochdale, Scunthorpe United and Tranmere Rovers.
o 29 clubs (23) committed to pay less than £10,000 to agents in the same period.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

o In The Championship there were 1,227 (1,129) player transactions, 142 (199) involved the use of agents;
o Clubs committed to spend a total of £7,541,379 (£9,302,060) on agents' fees during this period;
o All 24 clubs (23) committed to paying for the services of a licensed agent;

LEAGUE 1

o In League 1 there were 1,259 (1,082) player transactions, 62 (124) involved the use of an agent;
o Clubs committed to spend a total of £1,078,955 (£1,531,337) on agents' fees during this period;
o 18 clubs (21) committed to paying for the services of a licensed agent;
o 6 clubs (3) did not pay for the services of a licensed agent (Crewe Alexandra, Hartlepool United, Hereford United, Northampton Town, Scunthorpe United and Tranmere Rovers).

LEAGUE 2

o In League 2 there were 1,241 (1,188) player transactions, 45 (38) involved the use of an agent;
o Clubs committed to spend a total of £189,167 (£227,686) on agents' fees during this period;
o 11 clubs (10) committed to paying for the services of a licensed agent;
o 13 clubs (14) did not pay for the services of a licensed agent (Accrington Stanley, AFC Bournemouth, Barnet, Chester City, Chesterfield, Dagenham & Redbridge, Darlington, Exeter City, Gillingham, Grimsby Town, Macclesfield Town, Port Vale and Rochdale).

NEW MEMBER CLUBS

o A total of £0 (£5000) was committed to agents by clubs that joined The Football League in June 2009. Football League

- See Complete Football League Report with club-by-club Report


- See also QPR Previous Agents Fees:

- Previous Agents Fees Report - QPR Spending I

- Agents Spending II


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