Football Finance

December 1 – A court has ruled that FIFA’s new agency rules cannot be legally applied in the UK, putting the global rollout of the rules in their current into question. FIFA could end up shelving them completely while they lick their wounds from the legal loss.
FIFA’s new rules were intended to regulate player agents and cap transfer fees at 10% and limit the commissions to 3% of a player’s salary when those earnings are more than $200,000 per year, Read more …

June 25 – The English FA have released data on player agent commissions showing that in the period 1 February 2019 to 31 January 2020, agents earned a combined £263 million.
Table topping Liverpool headed the spending on agents with £31.3 million, followed by Manchester City with a £29 million and Manchester United with £27 million. Bottom of the league Norwich City spent the second least on agents at £4.9 million. Burnley spent the least on agents with £3.9 million

Latest Derby County news from Derbyshire Live as outstanding agents fees are settled by club's new owner

Agents' fees paid by English clubs rise 38% - up from £160m to £220m - according to figures released by the Football Association.