QPR Agents Fee's - What It Went On

[eskey8]

QPR's spending on agents revealed
Wednesday 18th August 2010 11:13

Loftus Road: Agents' fees revealed
.Queens Park Rangers spent a total of £465,240 on agents' fees last season, new figures from the Football League have revealed.

Championship clubs paid out a combined total of £10,131,314 to agents during the period from July 1 2009 to June 30 2010 with Middlesbrough the biggest spenders, splashing out £1,464,200.

Spending on agents' fees increased by £3.9million across the whole of the Football League last year.

On announcing the latest figures, Football League chairman Greg Clarke said: "Given the current economic climate, it is worrying to see such a significant amount leaking from the game.

"This year's figures demonstrate a considerable increase on those of last season and it is essential that clubs work to reduce this liability over the coming campaign."


From Team Talk

[Lonegunmen]

I wonder if any went to a former agent whom may still work at the club allegedly.

[Macmoish]

Links - and comparison to previous reports
qprreport.blogspot.com/2010/08/qpr-spending-on-football-agents.html

For someone like Routledge, do we pay or do Newcastle pay?

[moriarty]

This figure represents agents fees between 1st July 2009 and 30th June 2010.

Quiz time - what players does this figure apply to?

[eskey8]

I wonder if we paid anything for Quashie and Bent

[Macmoish]

I'd very much imagine we did pay for Quashie....

This of course is just the payments to agents

[Macmoish]

Brief BBC Summary in total

Football League clubs increase payments to agents

Middlesbrough spent the most of any club last year
Football League clubs increased their payments to agents by £3.9m in the past year to a total of more than £12.7m.

The bulk of the outlay came from Championship clubs who paid out over £10.1m, while £2.2m came from League One and £366,000 from League Two.

One particular agent was paid 396 times out of a total of 2,392 transactions between 1 July 2009 and 30 June 2010.

The League has been publishing the figures since September 2003 as part of their bid for transparency.

Of the 72 clubs, 14 did not pay anything to agents, while a further 23 clubs paid less than £10,000.

Given the current economic climate, it is worrying to see such a significant amount leaking from the game

Greg Clarke - Football League chairman
Middlesbrough spent the most on agents' fees, with £1,464,200 being paid out as a result of 29 transactions. Newcastle, now back in the Premier League, were the only other club to spend seven figures, with the St James' Park outfit paying £1,073,076 over 39 transactions.

Southampton (£401,248) spent the most in League One, while Notts County (£246,483) accounted for over two-thirds of the money spent by League Two clubs.

New Football League chairman Greg Clarke has expressed concern at the increase and has urged clubs to cut their cloth accordingly over the coming 12 months.

"Given the current economic climate, it is worrying to see such a significant amount leaking from the game," said Clarke.

"This year's figures demonstrate a considerable increase on those of last season and it is essential that clubs work to reduce this liability over the coming campaign."

The 14 clubs not to pay anything to agents were Accrington, Barnet, Bournemouth, Chesterfield, Crewe, Dagenham, Darlington, Exeter, Hereford, Lincoln, Macclesfield, Port Vale, Stockport and Tranmere.

newsvote.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_1/8924210.stm

[londonranger]

Their fees I feel are part and parcel of the whole enterprise, and in many important ways, after the deregulation of football salaries ,have accounted for the massive increases in the players salaries. Still it was done under the auspices of the FA and will continue unabated. Man U just signed a Portugues for 13 mil who had never played in premier football. The agents will activate and be catalysts for these types of moves.

[moriarty]

Aug 18, 2010 13:02:07 GMT moriarty said:

This figure represents agents fees between 1st July 2009 and 30th June 2010.

Quiz time - what players does this figure apply to?

So we've got Quashie and Bent so far

[eskey8]

Adel x 2
Jay Simpson
Derry
Hill
Watson
Mackie
Clarke
Orr
Tosic
Priskin
Iklme
Kenny
Quashie
Bent

[Macmoish]

Just maybe...Pellicori?

[Lonegunmen]

I'm not sure on that one Mike as it was a favour between the two then owners.

[Macmoish]

On the official Site, but just a repeat of the Football League Report


QPR Official Site

FL AGENTS' FEES 2009/10
Posted on: Wed 18 Aug 2010

The latest publication of Football League Clubs' spending on agents' fees has revealed that the amount of money committed to agents has increased by £3.9 million in the last twelve months.

League Clubs committed £12.7m to agents between July 2009 and June 2010 compared to £8.8m for the same period in 2008/09.

In announcing the latest agents' fees figures Football League Chairman Greg Clarke voiced concern, saying: "Given the current economic climate, it is worrying to the see such a significant amount leaking from the game.
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"This year's figures demonstrate a considerable increase on those of last season and it is essential that Clubs work to reduce this liability over the coming campaign."

During the 2009/10 season Clubs committed to pay agents in 396 (16.6%) of the 2,392 player transactions that took place, collectively committing the sum of £12,739,867.

Championship Clubs accounted for £10.1m (79.5%) of this total, with League 1 and League 2 clubs accounting for £2.2m (17.6%) and £0.4m (2.9%) respectively.

Fourteen Clubs did not commit any money to agents during the 12 months covered by this report. They were Accrington Stanley, AFC Bournemouth, Barnet, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Dagenham & Redbridge, Darlington, Exeter City, Hereford United, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town, Port Vale, Stockport County and Tranmere Rovers. A further nine Clubs paid less than £10,000.

OVERALL 2009/10 FIGURES (2008/09 figures in brackets)

*Between July 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010 Football League Clubs engaged in 2,392 (3,727) player transactions (new registrations/player transfers, contract updates, contract cancellations and loans).
*Clubs committed to pay an agent in 396 (229) of these transactions.
*Therefore, no agent was used in 1,996 transactions.
*League Clubs committed to spend £12,739,867 (£8,809,501) on agents' fees during the period of this report.
*14 Clubs (19) did not commit any money to agents during the 12 months covered by this report; They were Accrington Stanley, AFC Bournemouth, Barnet, Chesterfield, Crewe Alexandra, Dagenham & Redbridge, Darlington, Exeter City, Hereford United, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town, Port Vale, Stockport County and Tranmere Rovers.
*823 Clubs (29) committed to pay less than £10,000 to agents in the same period.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

*In The Championship there were 778 (1,227) player transactions, 205 (142) involved the use of agents.
*Clubs committed to spend a total of £10,131,314 (£7,541,379) on agents' fees during this period.
*All 24 Clubs (24) committed to paying for the services of a licensed agent.

LEAGUE 1

*In League 1 there were 955 (1,259) player transactions, 155 (62) involved the use of an agent.
*Clubs committed to spend a total of £2,241,771 (£1,078,955) on agents' fees during this period.
*21 Clubs (18) committed to paying for the services of a licensed agent.
*Three Clubs (six) did not pay for the services of a licensed agent (Exeter City, Stockport County and Tranmere Rovers).

LEAGUE 2

*In League 2 there were 659 (1,241) player transactions, 36 (45) involved the use of an agent.
*Clubs committed to spend a total of £366,781 (£189,167) on agents' fees during this period.
*13 Clubs (11) committed to paying for the services of a licensed agent.
*11 Clubs (13) did not pay for the services of a licensed agent (Accrington Stanley, AFC Bournemouth, Barnet, Chesterfield, Crewe *Alexandra, Dagenham & Redbridge, Darlington, Hereford United, Lincoln City, Macclesfield Town and Port Vale).

Clubs committed to pay an agent in 16.6% of the 2,392 player transactions during 2009/10, the highest figure recorded during the six seasons in which these figures have been published.
www.qpr.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10373~2126720,00.html

[Lonegunmen]

Show me the money??

[moriarty]

Aug 18, 2010 13:44:41 GMT eskey8 said:

Adel x 2
Jay Simpson
Derry
Hill
Watson
Mackie
Clarke
Orr
Tosic
Priskin
Iklme
Kenny
Quashie
Bent

Weren't some of these after 30th June 2010 - the 2nd Adel transaction was...

[moriarty]

Part 2 of the quiz was going to be:

How much in transfer fees did we pay for all players in this period?

[Macmoish]

Wow I could have headlined my blog post: "Among Football League Clubs, QPR Pay Out the Highest Agents Fees in London"

Standard

Less for football agents in London
18.08.10

Football League clubs paid £12.7million in agents' fees last season — a rise of almost £4m from the previous year — but London sides weren't among the biggest spenders.

Middlesbrough topped the table of figures released by the League today with payments of £1.4m and although Queens Park Rangers spent most in London with £465,240, that was only the eighth largest sum overall.

Barnet and Dagenham & Redbridge were among 14 clubs not to give agents anything but League Two champions Notts County, who started last season under the ill-fated reign of Munto Finance and with Sven-Goran Eriksson at the club, paid £246,483. That figure was £212,00 more than the next biggest spender in the division, Shrewsbury.

Fees paid by London clubs — QPR £465,240; Watford £294,684; Crystal Palace £221,800; Charlton £123,490; Millwall £99,678, Brentford £68,100; Leyton Orient £30,000; Barnet £0; Dagenham £0.

www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/football/article-23868328-fees-paid-to-agents-rise-in-football-league.do

[Zamoraaaah]

I wonder if these figures include the £30k per transaction payments to Paladini as claimed by WATRB's top ITK man Eghamhoop?

[moriarty]

Aug 18, 2010 17:30:12 GMT Zamoraaaah said:

I wonder if these figures include the £30k per transaction payments to Paladini as claimed by WATRB's top ITK man Eghamhoop?

I'm certainly not alluding to anything like that - I'm just curious as to what players these fees relate to, and the ratio between the cost of the players and these agent's fees.

I'm interested because QPR have paid these fees and it's not come out of any of the owner's pockets, so are we getting value for money?

[Macmoish]

What would we be interesting would be if the accounts (when they ever get officially published by the club) offered a real, detailed break down on spending. Where exactly does money go...

[Macmoish]

Guardian/Matt Scott

Football League chairman orders clubs to end 45% rise in agents' fees
• 72 member clubs handed over more than £12.7m last year
• It is essential clubs work to reduce this liability - Greg Clarke

Greg Clarke, chairman of the Football League, has demanded a stop to the "significant leakage" of money seeping out of football in agents' fees paid by clubs outside the Premier League. In total, agents received £12.7m across the 396 transactions carried out over the 12 months to this June, a rise of nearly 45%.

There was a record percentage of transactions – transfers and loan deals, or contract negotiations – that committed clubs to paying agents. At 16.6%, it was exactly double the amount of two years ago.

Due to the increase in the number of transactions using middlemen, the average sum earned from each one did fall slightly as against the 2008-09 season, from just under £38,500 to £32,171. Yet the £12.7m paid out is a huge sum in the context of the revenues of Football League clubs. In the 2008-09 season, the entire turnover of Blackpool, promoted to the Premier League last season, amounted to £6.9m. "Given the current economic climate, it is worrying to see such a significant amount leaking from the game," Clarke said. "This year's figures demonstrate a considerable increase on those of last season and it is essential that clubs work to reduce this liability over the coming campaign."

The use of agents is not a prerequisite to success. Blackpool accounted for only £40,000 of the overall fees paid to agents during their promotion season, the second-lowest sum in the Championship after Sc**thorpe United's £33,300. But those sums were the exceptions.

The two other promoted clubs, West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle United, paid out more than £2m of the £10.1m committed to agents. Each of the seven deals Newcastle made using agents paid out an average of more than £150,000 to the middleman. That was against an average of £11,748 for every other deal involving a Championship side.

The figures also showed only 14 of the 72 Football League clubs were capable of conducting their own negotiations without the assistance of hired help.

Dagenham & Redbridge managed to conduct 54 transactions – 22 player transfers and 21 loans, as well as 11 other contract negotiations – without paying a penny to agents. There is even a possibility that the overall sums paid to agents last season will increase further, since the figures related only to guaranteed fees and "do not include any contingent payments based on future events [such as] promotion, retention of divisional status, player appearances etc".

www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/18/greg-clarke-football-league-agents

[Lonegunmen]

Do these agent fees include those for all the managers we have been through??

[Macmoish]

These are for the Magilton, Hart, Harford and beginning of Warnock - and of course Briatore/Paladini.

[Lonegunmen]

I wonder if Manager agents get more than player agents??

[Macmoish]

And then there are other payments which supposedly get paid but aren't via or to agents

[Lonegunmen]

You know how players get a bonus if they have played that day, does the manager get a bonus for every game??

[Macmoish]

Actually looking again at the report...

www.football-league.co.uk/footballleaguenews/20100818/report-reveals-increase-in-agents-fees_2246528_2125710

This is what we paid agents for:

8 New Registrations/Transfers

12 Updated Contracts

3 Cancelled Contract

16 Loans

Total: 39 Transactions

Cost: 465,240