Newcastle United's surprising spend on agent and intermediary fees revealed

The Football Association today published the latest figures on fees paid to those working on transfers.

Newcastle spent just over £7.7million between February 2, 2021 and January 31 this year.

The biggest spenders in this period were Chelsea with a spend of more than £28.2million. United only signed one player, Joe Willock, last summer, but brought in five signings in January.

Brentford’s spend of almost £3.5million was the lowest in the top flight.

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