The amount of money Nottingham Forest spent on agents’ fees last year has been revealed.
The Football Association have released figures detailing how much clubs spent on intermediary and agents’ fees from 1 February 2018 to 31 January this year.
Overall, Championship teams spent £50.5m during that period, with the Reds having paid out just over £1m.
They splashed out a total of £1,053,720, down from £1,141,512 in the previous 12 months which covered 1 February 2017 to 31 January 2018.
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The most recent figure covers a busy summer transfer window at the City Ground, which saw 17 new arrivals under then-boss Aitor Karanka, while the Spaniard’s replacement, Martin O’Neill, made five additions after he took over in January.
Forest’s sum includes cash dished out to the agents of club record signing Joao Carvalho, fellow Portuguese youngsters Diogo Goncalves and Gil Dias, and Newcastle United loanee Jack Colback.
Most recently, representatives for the likes of Yohan Benalouane, Pele, Leo Bonatini and Alexander Milosevic have all been paid, while money was also spent on those acting on behalf of some of the club’s younger players, like Yassine En-Neyah and Rudolfs Soloha.
Among the second tier clubs, Rotherham United spent the least, with £154,653, while Stoke City were the biggest spenders, with £7,229,515.
The amount spent by each of the second tier clubs is:
Aston Villa - £3,427,818
Birmingham City - £2,122,569
Blackburn Rovers - £452,858
Bolton Wanderers - £471,481
Brentford - £1,905,236
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Bristol City - £1,107,391
Derby County - £4,293,410
Hull City - £1,047,481
Ipswich Town - £790,210
Leeds United - £2,261,431
Middlesbrough - £2,642,768
Millwall - £383,594
Norwich City - £2,651, 151
Nottingham Forest - £1,053,720
Preston North End - £910,612
QPR - £1,437,817
Reading - £2,103,206
Rotherham United - £154,653
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Sheffield United - £1,369,917
Sheffield Wednesday - £1,324,285
Stoke City - £7,229,515
Swansea City - £5,551,168
West Bromwich Albion - £5,139,526
Wigan Athletic - £649,478
The players whose agents Forest paid during that period are: Ben Watson, Juan Fuentes, Stefanos Kapino, Keith Asare, Danny Fox, Jack Robinson, Michael Dawson, Tobias Figueiredo, Joao Carvalho, Diogo Goncalves, Hillal Soudani, Gil Dias, Costel Pantilimon, Yassine En-Neyah, Brennan Johnson, Jake Taylor, Ryan Yates, Lewis Grabban, Rudolfs Soloha, Jack Colback, Luke Steele, Michael Mancienne (cancellation), Michael Hefele, Sam Byram, Claudio Yacob, Karim Ansarifard, Irid Kadded, Arvin Appiah, Yohan Benalouane, Pele, Leo Bonatini, Alexander Milosevic.
