Almost £6m on Agent fees since February 2025

[adam95581]

10 hours ago, Stadt said:

Are we competing?

The point was we’d spent in the same ball park as the relegated sides.
 

Not sure if this includes fees paid for loan players but I’d assume that if we’re in for the same players as the likes of Southampton and Ipswich and they’re willing to pay those sorts of fees, then our only option is to pay them or shop elsewhere. 
 

Im not justifying it. 

[Officer Doofy]

Been dodgy for years. 

 

All that Bertrand stuff was dodgy as ****. 

[Oldblueyes]

Consider the club hasn't bought hardly anybody, it will probably be good old Rudkin making yet another new executive post just to order the Uber Eats.

[JonnyBoy]

nothing surprises me anymore, feel nothing towards this reading it, could say 30 million spent and i wouldn't blink twice. Complete Apathy 

[Stadt]

Circa 6m on agents fees and a few million on legal fees you'd expect?

 

We'll spend money on everything but transfers. Even when "we were going for it" we never spent much on transfers as the wage bill cannibalised transfer funds and we had to replace players leaving on frees so often.

[Stuntman_Mike]

Never a day off from it is there?

[MPH]

Agent fees are more than just signing players.  , managerial changes, contract renewals, even a  loan signing is going to cost an agent fee.. we probably used some sort of recruitment agency to  restructure and appoint  our new ‘ upstairs’ people..  that will all be classed as agent fees..also if you indicate you want to sell a player you can contract an agent to find them a club.

Edited 2 April by MPH

[Foxin_Mad]

Stealing a living,  wouldnt mind if wed had a good manager or player to show for it. Id be telling them they need to up their game. 

[AKCJ]

Would free signings and loans still require agents to be paid? I'd have thought so.

 

[Terraloon]

5 hours ago, MPH said:

Agent fees are more than just signing players.  , managerial changes, contract renewals, even a  loan signing is going to cost an agent fee.. we probably used some sort of recruitment agency to  restructure and appoint  our new ‘ upstairs’ people..  that will all be classed as agent fees..also if you indicate you want to sell a player you can contract an agent to find them a club.

You are right and well…. Wrong.

 

Not all but the vast bulk of players , even academy youngsters, have an agent and the sums that agents charge is astronomical. Historically agents acted both for the player and the club. When  the club agrees to pay the players agent fees it appears in payroll as a benefit in kind . 
 

The restructure of “ upstairs “ is highly unlikely to appear in the agents fees . The fees only represent sums paid to players, coaches or clubs where a sum has been paid to registered agent. 
 

 

[Terraloon]

3 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Would free signings and loans still require agents to be paid? I'd have thought so.

 

Yes . The free signings are never that. From agent fees to re location fees . From a signing on fee to a loyalty bonus.

[MPH]

1 hour ago, Terraloon said:

You are right and well…. Wrong.

 

Not all but the vast bulk of players , even academy youngsters, have an agent and the sums that agents charge is astronomical. Historically agents acted both for the player and the club. When  the club agrees to pay the players agent fees it appears in payroll as a benefit in kind . 
 

The restructure of “ upstairs “ is highly unlikely to appear in the agents fees . The fees only represent sums paid to players, coaches or clubs where a sum has been paid to registered agent. 
 

 

 

according to the document released on the FA website, the  list of agent’s fees does indeed include the fees paid to staff member agents not just player’s agents. I’m sure we paid someone to get the Red Bull/ Man city guy, for example… plus of course the managers..

https://www.thefa.com/news/2026/apr/01/agent-fees-and-transactions?utm_source=copilot.com

 

 

Edited 2 April by MPH

[Terraloon]

59 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

according to the document released on the FA website, the  list of agent’s fees does indeed include the fees paid to staff member agents not just player’s agents. I’m sure we paid someone to get the Red Bull/ Man city guy, for example… plus of course the managers..

https://www.thefa.com/news/2026/apr/01/agent-fees-and-transactions?utm_source=copilot.com

 

 

Where in the list is the name of James McCarron ? Irrespective he wasn’t appointed till after the date this list is up to

[Cincinnati Fox]

23 hours ago, Stadt said:

We spent more than Birmingham and Wrexham combined despite 0 permanent transfers. 
 

Is somebody on the take? 

Agents are how Rudkin runs the club 

[Philkeavo]

20 minutes ago, Cincinnati Fox said:

Agents are how Rudkin ruins the club 

Fixed it.

Edited 2 April by Philkeavo

[The Doctor]

18 hours ago, Terraloon said:

Where in the list is the name of James McCarron ? Irrespective he wasn’t appointed till after the date this list is up to

fascinated to learn we've got a guy called Bismark in the academy. Presumably our next big sale to Ipswich.

 

6m on that when the majority coming in are scholarships/academy grads, and the senior transfers are a kid with digestives for hamstrings, Bare Goals, Temu Soumare, JJ and Mukasa on loan, as well as goalkeeper born before the fall of Rome, a centre back who also has digestive hamstrings and a money laundering scheme from Betis... That's promotion worthy strategic squad building.