Both clubs in the Premier league top half for fees paid to intermediaries.
Wolves’ spending on agents’ fees nearly doubled in the period covering the last two transfer windows to nearly £26million, new figures reveal.
Midlands’ rivals Villa, meanwhile, had the second biggest spend of any club in the Premier League after paying out more than £38.4m to intermediaries between February 2025 and this year.
That figure was an increase of more than £13m on the previous 12 months, with only Chelsea spending more.
The west London club topped the list for the second year running after paying a whopping £65.1m, with the total spend on agents’ fees across the Premier League increasing by more than £50m to £460m.
Wolves also contributed to the rise. Their spend was the seventh highest in the league, a year on from being the eighth lowest and saw a significant jump up to £25.9m from £13.5m the year before.
The figures, published by the FA, relate to payments made as part of transactions, including transfers and contract renewals, between February 4 2025 and February 2 this year.
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That period covers last summer’s transfer window when Wolves signed six players, none of whom had any previous experience of playing in the Premier League.
One of those players, Brazilian striker Jhon Arias, spent just six months at the club before being sold in the winter transfer window.
The club currently sit bottom of the table with seven matches remaining, having won only three times in the top flight all season.
Villa, meanwhile, experienced a difficult summer in which their recruitment was hampered by Uefa’s financial fair play rules.
Forward Evann Guessand, who signed from Nice in a deal worth nearly £30m, was their only big money addition of the window.
Villa then signed striker Tammy Abraham for £18.2m during the winter window while several high-profile players, including Tyrone Mings, John McGinn and Morgan Rogers, agreed new contracts during the period covered by the newly released figures.
In the Championship, Albion’s spend on agents’ fees fell by nearly half, down to £1.3m from £2.5m.
That made the Baggies the sixth-lowest spenders in the second tier, with Ipswich (£11.7m) comfortably paying out the most.
Walsall’s spend on agents also dropped by around £40,000, to £104,000.
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