Leicester City have spent more than £10m on agents fee over the past year, Football Association figures show, but that number is down on spending in the previous 12 months.
The FA published the latest set of agents fees on Friday afternoon, and with City’s transfer activity reduced over the past two windows, and with only a couple of new contracts handed out, the fees they paid to intermediaries also decreased.
City spent £10.3m from February last year to the end of January this year, down slightly from the £12m they spent in the previous 12 months.
Their deals in the past year have included the signings of Alex Smithies, Wout Faes, Victor Kristiansen, Tete, and Harry Souttar, as well as new contracts for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Jamie Vardy, and Wesley Fofana, the latter signing fresh terms just a few months before his transfer to Chelsea.
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The £10.3m spent on agents fee puts City 12th in the Premier League, a fall of four places, the club having paid the eighth-highest figure in the previous year. Their spending pales in comparison to the biggest sides, with Manchester City (£51.6m), Chelsea (£43.2m), Liverpool (£33.7m), and Manchester United (£24.7m) all spending more than double.
In total, the 20 Premier League clubs spent £318m on agents fees, an increase of £45m on the year before. Nottingham Forest look to have done the best business, spending just £4.4m on agents fees, the lowest figure in the Premier League, despite making the most signings over the course of the past year.
The list of deals also shows the players who received professional contracts at the club for the first time, like Will Alves, Joe Wormleighton, and Kian Pennant, as well as those whose contracts were updated. That list includes the likes of Lewis Brunt, George Hirst, and Jakub Stolarczyk.
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