Nottingham Forest rank as one of the lower payers to agents despite breaking their transfer record for Omari Hutchinson
Brian Dick Reach Football Correspondent
09:49, 02 Apr 2026
Nottingham Forest's Omari Hutchinson in action against Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Nottingham Forest's record signing Omari Hutchinson(Image: Getty)
Nottingham Forest paid £12million to agents over the last two transfer windows, it has been revealed.
The Football Association have released figures for all four divisions which relate to the summer 2025 and January 2026 transfer windows.
Forest signed Igor Jesus, Jair, Dan Ndoye, Omari Hutchinson, James McAtee, Douglas Luiz, Nicolo Savona, John Victor, Dilane Bakwa, Lorenzo Lucca and Stefan Ortega during that period.
Indeed the Reds broke their transfer record when they signed Omari Hutchinson from Ipswich Town for £37.5m.
They also handed new contracts to the likes of Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Ola Aina and Neco Williams during that period.
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Unfortunately for Forest the outlay has not resulted in improvements on the pitch and for the third time in four Premier League seasons they are once again battling relegation.
The payments are £1m less than the £13m they paid in the previous 12 month period. It also places them in the lower end of the Premier League.
By comparison Chelsea paid out a whopping, league-high £65m, with Aston Villa second with £38m. Man City and Liverpool at £37m and £34m respectively round-out the top four.
Forest’s exact total of £12,210,822 is the 16th highest in the division, below them Fulham spent £11m, Everton £10m and Burnley £7m.
Premier League agents fees
Chelsea £65m
Aston Villa £38m
Man City £37m
Liverpool £34m
Arsenal £32m
Man Utd £32m
Wolves £26m
Tottenham £21m
Bournemouth £21m
Newcastle £20m
Brighton £20m
West Ham £18m
Crystal Palace £17m
Leeds £14m
Brentford 13m
Nottingham Forest £12m
Fulham £11m
Sunderland £11m
Everton £10m
Burnley £7m
Covers period February 4, 2025 to February 2, 2026
Payments included in these figures may have been made in relation to transactions that were entered into before the first date of these reporting periods. As a result, the total payment figures of each Club will not necessarily relate directly to the transactions listed involving a Football Agent registered in England for the same period.
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