Chelsea lead agent fees table too

The talk of the Premier League town today is agent's fees. The official figures for this year's spending have been released, and they add up to rather a lot of money: £115 million between all 20 teams.

As is the case with the real league table, it's Chelsea who lead the way, having paid almost £17 million to agents in the year, probably thanks to having a number of very high profile players coming into and going out of the club. This, in and of itself, is not a bad thing: we've given money to agents but have built a very good side for relatively cheap in the process, and unlike many others I don't have a problem with the amount of cash clubs spend. It's not like they charge more because they're throwing money around -- there's simply a lot of money in the game right now and it's unsurprising that agents are getting a big cut of it.

Here're the full 'standings':

1st: Chelsea - £17m
2nd: Liverpool – £14m
3rd: Manchester City – £13m
4th: Tottenham Hotspur – £11m
5th: Manchester United – £8m
6th: West Ham United – £6m
7th: Everton – £6m
8th: Sunderland – £5m
9th: Arsenal – £4m
10th: Stoke City – £4m
11th: Newcastle United – £4m
12th: Swansea City – £4m
13th: West Bromwich Albion – £3m
14th: Queens Park Rangers – £3m
15th: Southampton – £3m
16th: Aston Villa – £3m
17th: Hull City – £2m
18th: Crystal Palace – £2m
19th: Leicester City – £2m
20th: Burnley – £1m