Championship clubs spend more than £69m on agents fees

Championship clubs spent just over £69.5m on agents fees over the past 12 months according to figures released by the Football Association, an increase of £6m on the previous year.

The figures cover the period from February 2025 with Ipswich Town the top spenders, paying £11.7m having spent the first three months of the accounting period in the Premier League.

Southampton (£8.3m) and Leicester (£5.8m), who were relegated alongside Ipswich are the second and third-highest payers on the list.

Troubled Sheffield Wednesday were the most frugal when dealing with agents, spending £534,559.

Wrexham come in sixth on the list with an outlay of £3.6m while current Championship leaders Coventry spent just short of £1.5m.

Championship agents' fee spending

• Ipswich – £11,738,920
• Southampton – £8,381,358
• Leicester City – £5,866,587
• Sheffield United – £5,005,498
• Norwich – £4,020,206
• Wrexham – £3,660,584
• Swansea – £3,088,645
• Middlesbrough – £2,900,314
• Bristol City – £2,774,990
• Hull City – £2,450,431
• Stoke City – £2,088,886
• Birmingham City – £1,996,502
• Millwall – £1,982,348
• Preston North End – £1,831,233
• QPR – £1,829,036
• Watford – £1,612,833
• Coventry – £1,497,990
• Derby – £1,409,507
• West Brom – £1,346,030
• Oxford – £1,235,536
• Charlton – £904,698
• Portsmouth – £831,818
• Blackburn – £676,980
• Sheffield Wednesday – £534,559

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