[Football] Albion Spend Nearly £7M On Agents!!

[Biscuit Barrel]

BHA spend nearly £7M on Agents in the past year.

Tottenham spend over £11M on agents fees despite not signing any players.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47817930

 

[Easy 10]

No avoiding it these days unfortunately.

15th out of 20 is roughly where I'd expect us to be on that front.

 

[Barham's tash]

Or another way of reading those stats is we spent the 6th lowest amount on agents in the Premier League.

The surprising one is Wolves given their activity and who it’s with. Maybe Mendes is being paid by % of future transfer fees on his players?

 

[Djmiles]

So so sad. We spent £7m on agents, and there’s poor old Scudamore ONLY getting a £5m bonus.

If each club spent £250,000 less, we could give Richard a PROPER bonus.

 

[Stat Brother]

Is it just me or do those figures stack up quite well for the Albion, when looked at in comparison.

I'm not sure this thread is worthy of 1 exclamation mark, let alone 2.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

So, no one has spent more on agents than us who are above us in the league.

 

[Biscuit Barrel]

So so sad. We spent £7m on agents, and there’s poor old Scudamore ONLY getting a £5m bonus.

If each club spent £250,000 less, we could give Richard a PROPER bonus.

Can't we give him a Stephens bonus instead?

 

[zefarelly]

Agents . . . . parasites.

 

[LlcoolJ]

Or another way of reading those stats is we spent the 6th lowest amount on agents in the Premier League.

The surprising one is Wolves given their activity and who it’s with. Maybe Mendes is being paid by % of future transfer fees on his players?

I think I know the answer to this one. Mendes is DODGY as F***.

 

[Djmiles]

Can't we give him a Stephens bonus instead?

If we’re talking about agents being a waste of money, we should be calling it a Jahanbaksh bonus surely?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Or another way of reading those stats is we spent the 6th lowest amount on agents in the Premier League.

The surprising one is Wolves given their activity and who it’s with. Maybe Mendes is being paid by % of future transfer fees on his players?

That's the bit I didn't understand when I saw this table earlier.

I think I know the answer to this one. Mendes is DODGY as F***.

Yep, there is that...

 

[dejavuatbtn]

The less you spend on players the less you spend on agents?

 

[HAILSHAM SEAGULL]

I'm surprised that the Fulham figures are so low considering they spent over £100 million on transfers.
A little creative accountancy me thinks

 

[LlcoolJ]

I'm surprised that the Fulham figures are so low considering they spent over £100 million on transfers.
A little creative accountancy me thinks

£100m on players (plus the wages) and already relegated. They've been the blueprint of what not to do when you get promoted.

 

[seagulls4ever]

No avoiding it these days unfortunately.

15th out of 20 is roughly where I'd expect us to be on that front.

14th out of 20 I think after a quick glance. Confusingly they decided to list in order of league position rather than in order of 'agents spending'.

 

[Beach Hut]

Liverpool spent a lot

 

[LlcoolJ]

14th out of 20 I think after a quick glance. Confusingly they decided to list in order of league position rather than in order of 'agents spending'.

Yes it's a shit table. Not in order of transfer fees or agent fees. Ether of which would have made more sense.

 

[LlcoolJ]

That's the bit I didn't understand when I saw this table earlier.



Yep, there is that...

It's murky as ****.

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ndes-wolves-influence-chinese-owners-signings

Well worth following the link in that article to the one about Kenyon, Mendes and third party ownership.

Read it years ago and it didn't surprise me at all as Kenyon always came across as a horrible slimy get when at Man United and Chelsea.

 

[Weststander]

Liverpool spent a lot

Matching their huge gross spend that summer.

The ManU figures for 2019/20 should be eye watering, as by all accounts they will signing 5 very expensive players this summer.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Can't we give him a Stephens bonus instead?

A back-pass hander?