Liverpool FC paid out £8.6million in agents' fees over the past year - the ... - Liverpool Echo

LIVERPOOL paid out £8.6million in agent fees over the past year – the second highest amount in the Premier League.

During the period from October 2011 to September 2012, only champions Manchester City (£10.5million) shelled out more.

The Reds' outlay on agents increased by £1.6million compared to the previous 12 months when the total bill was £7million.

Liverpool only signed Fabio Borini, Joe Allen, Oussama Assaidi and Samed Yesil, plus Nuri Sahin on loan, during the two transfer windows covered by the latest figures.

However, their spending on agents was inflated by fees following the agreement of new contracts for players such as Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez, Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel and Jonjo Shelvey during that period.

There were also charges attached to transfers out of the club for the likes of Alberto Aquilani and Charlie Adam.

A club statement read: "The amount is the aggregate of all payments made to agents for transfers and contract extensions during the reporting period for agency activity, including payments made by the club on behalf of players."

Lowly QPR (£6.8million) paid the third highest amount to agents over the past year followed by Tottenham (£6.6million) and Chelsea (£6.5million).

Everton paid out just £3million.

The overall total spent by the 20 top-flight clubs was £77million compared to £71.8million for the previous 12 months.

Premier League table of agents fees:

Manchester City £10,537,982

Liverpool £8,600,444

QPR £6,818,688

Tottenham £6,595,905

Chelsea £6,490,382

Arsenal £5,580,873

West Ham £4,436,992

Manchester United £3,681,580

Newcastle £3,485,503

Everton £3,092,891

Aston Villa £2,730,539

Fulham £2,581,208

Sunderland £2,173,762

Reading £2,167,833

Wigan £1,974,305

Stoke £1,717,266

West Brom £1,341,301

Norwich £1,248,725

Swansea £1,100,845

Southampton £646,106

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