City Paid Out £52,126,339 In Football Agent Fees in 2024-2025

[crystal_mais]

It’s a bit more complicated than that. But I appreciate your answer.

But who actually pays football agents? — DANIEL GEEY

Now, it may sound simple enough to suggest that an agent gets a commission of 5% – or, if they are lucky, 10%. The difficult part to explain is usually who pays the agent. You’d think it would be the player, right?Wrong. The majority of Premier League and top-end Football League transfers invo

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If City are paying player agents, they must be paying them very good money to rack up £52mill in agent fees in one year, if you consider who City have signed in the last year.

As it stands, player agents are getting paid by the player and by the club for the (same) work they do.(in some cases)

I go back to my original point. Player agents should be paid by their players for all the work they do. A club, be it City or another club, shouldn’t be paying the player agent as well for the work they do.

In an ideal world that would be the best option. Just put it into ChatGPT - The bottom bit is the interesting bit. A club may sweeten the deal by paying the players side of the deal. It's a competitive market so I assume some are prepared to pay. I honestly think the Haaland contract extension was the big fee - probably about £26-28m as I'm sure his agents including dad probably did a deal for 10% of contract value.

It's definitely a murky world and FIFA tried to cap it at 3% if they represent the player and 6% if they represent both but was challenged legally.

Who Pays the Football Agent's Fee?
There are two main types of agent work:

1. Representing the player
2. Representing the club

Both sides can hire the same agent (which creates conflict-of-interest issues), or different agents. Based on that, the fee can come from the player, the club, or both.

If the agent is acting on behalf of the club, the club pays the agent for services like:

• Recruiting a player
• Negotiating on the club’s behalf
• Handling paperwork and legal stuff related to the transfer or contract

This is common in big transfers—clubs will pay a percentage of the transfer fee (often 5–10%, sometimes more for superstar players).

Example:
If a player is transferred for €50 million, and the agent negotiated the deal for the club, the agent might get 5–10% of the transfer fee = €2.5M–€5M paid by the club.

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If the agent is representing the player, the player usually pays the fee—this is often a cut of the player’s salary (e.g. 5–10%).

But many clubs will agree to pay this on the player’s behalf, usually to make the deal smoother or because the agent insists on it as part of the deal.
In that case:

• The club pays the agent’s fee on behalf of the player
• But it's still considered part of the player's total compensation
• The club might deduct it from the player’s gross salary or report it as a benefit

 

[crystal_mais]

The agent to the player.

I’ll get City to sign you if you pay me X. (I’ll pay it)

The agent to the club.

I’ll get the player to sign for City if you pay me X. (We’ll pay it)

So does that mean Alfie got paid by Erling, and by City, so Erling signed for City?

There is a rumour Alfie was after a % of value but assume it was all wrapped up with the agents fee. I'm not sure that has been disclosed.

However my sons mate who signed his first pro contract last year - his agent was bringing some seriously good deals to the table for the family.