Manchester United paid over £10m to player agents last summer as it is revealed Premier League clubs spent total of £47m to complete transfer dealings Manchester United spent £10m on agents' fees during first half of season Includes sale of Angel di Maria and the purchase of Memphis Depay In total, Premier League clubs spent £46.5m to agents to complete deals Liverpool's total came to £6.6m, while Manchester City paid £5.8m 10 Football League clubs didn't spent anything on agents' fees

Manchester United paid over £10m to player agents last summer as it is revealed Premier League clubs spent total of £47m to complete transfer dealings

Manchester United spent £10m on agents' fees during first half of season
Includes sale of Angel di Maria and the purchase of Memphis Depay
In total, Premier League clubs spent £46.5m to agents to complete deals
Liverpool's total came to £6.6m, while Manchester City paid £5.8m
10 Football League clubs didn't spent anything on agents' fees

Manchester United paid over £10m to agents and intermediaries during the first half of this season - the biggest chunk of a £46.5m net outlay made by Barclays Premier League clubs to broker transfer deals.

Among their negotiations were the sale of Angel di Maria to Paris Saint-Germain, the purchase of Memphis Depay from PSV Eindhoven and David de Gea's new contract.

United spent £10,023,318 net on agents' fees, considerably more than the second-highest, Liverpool, with £6,672,713.

Manchester United's transfer dealings last summer included the signing of Memphis Depay from PSV

Executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward oversaw spending of over £10m on agents' fee during first four months

Net total paid to agents and intermediaries by Premier League clubs between October 2015 and February 2016

The figures, which cover every transfer dealing and new contract negotiations by Premier League, Football League and National League clubs between October 1, 2015 and February 1, 2015, were published by the Football Association on Friday.

They have been disclosed in accordance with new FIFA transparency regulations into the dealings of agents and intermediaries.

Liverpool's dealings included the signings of Christian Benteke from Aston Villa, Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim and Nathaniel Clyne from Southampton.

Among Manchester United's outlay on agents' fees were negotiations over David de Gea's new contract

United's dealings also included the sale of Angel di Maria to Paris Saint-Germain last August

Manchester City come in third-highest in the Premier League with £5,880,098, while Arsenal shelled out £3,135,483 net to agents.

In all, the 20 Premier League clubs paid a net total of £46,582,843 to ensure transfers went through smoothly.

In the Sky Bet Championship, Queens Park Rangers were the only team to spend in excess of £1m on agents' fees during this period. In all, the 24 second-tier clubs racked up £6,985,109 paying intermediaries.

In League One, £658,791 was paid and in League Two, £163,334.

Bury, Peterborough United, Rochdale, Swindon Town, Accrington Stanley, AFC Wimbledon, Cambridge United, Hartlepool United, Mansfield Town and Morecambe didn't spend anything.

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