Town Agents' Fees £1,263,523 - Ipswich Town News
Town spent £1,263,523 on agents’ fees between February 1st 2023 and February 1st this year, up on the £849,657 paid out during the previous 12 months.
Twelve teams in the division paid out more than the Blues with Leeds United’s £13,287,748 the highest. In total, Championship teams paid a total of £61,340,767 to intermediaries.
As well as new permanent - among them recruits for the U21s - and loan signings, the £1,263,523 includes the fees relating to new contracts over the course of the year for the likes of Conor Chaplin, Sone Aluko and Massimo Luongo. The full report can be found here.
The FA has been required to publish clubs' spending on intermediaries by FIFA regulations since April 2015.
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