Town's Agent Spending Down - Ipswich Town News
Town spent £356,700 on agents’ fees in the year to the end of June 2014, according to the Football League’s latest Agents’ Fees Report.
The payments relate to 46 deals, 27 new registrations or transfers, seven updates, five cancellations and seven loans.
Town’s spending was about average for the division with only nine clubs paying out less. QPR topped the table having spent £1,814,550, while at the other end of the scale Blackpool’s agents’ payments totalled only £10,000.
This year’s figure is significantly down on the £551,878 Town paid out in the the 12 months prior to that.
Overall, Football League clubs’ payments to agents were down 18 per cent on a year ago. The full report can be viewed here.
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