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Saints spend the least on agent fees in the Premier League
6:28pm Friday 30th November 2012 in Saints News
By Dan Kerins, Digital Editor
Saints spend the least on agent fees in the Premier League
SAINTS have spent the least amount of money of any of the 20 Premier League clubs when it comes to agent fees, it has been revealed.
The figures, released by the Premier League this evening, show that Southampton spent £646,106 on agents fees.
The next lowest was Norwich City, who spent almost double Saints' outlay with a bill of £1,248,725.
West Ham and Reading, who were promoted with Saints, have spent £4,436,992 and £2,167,833 respectively.
The biggest spenders were Manchester City, who made payments totalling £10,537,982.
In total, the 20 clubs spent £77,003,130. The fees cover the last two transfer windows - January 2012 and the summer just gone.
- To see the full breakdown of all 20 clubs, visit premierleague.com.
Comments(60)
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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6:38pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Velleity
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6:40pm Fri 30 Nov 12
However, I do wonder if this is anything to do with the fact that a couple of summer targets got away. If you're an agent, you're motivated to send your clients to the customer who pays you the most, not necessarily the club offering the best overall package to a player.
So, put yourself in the shoes of Buttner's agent. Do you send him to Saints, who will screw your fees down, or to Man U, who will pay anything you ask from their bottomless pit of funds? The fact is that he's had 1 game in the league with Man U versus probably 13 with Saints if he'd come here. I wonder if the agent thought of that or just the agency fee when he was advising Buttner? Hmmm...difficult one
saintkenny
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6:47pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Velleity wrote:think the player thought of money as well some do ,but you want players who will put on the shirt for your club and not for the money .id sooner he went to man utd in that case ,you cant balme the agent they get there money out of it there just snakes
Good financial management.
However, I do wonder if this is anything to do with the fact that a couple of summer targets got away. If you're an agent, you're motivated to send your clients to the customer who pays you the most, not necessarily the club offering the best overall package to a player.
So, put yourself in the shoes of Buttner's agent. Do you send him to Saints, who will screw your fees down, or to Man U, who will pay anything you ask from their bottomless pit of funds? The fact is that he's had 1 game in the league with Man U versus probably 13 with Saints if he'd come here. I wonder if the agent thought of that or just the agency fee when he was advising Buttner? Hmmm...difficult one
slugger
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6:51pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Costa Baz
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6:52pm Fri 30 Nov 12
scooter75
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7:26pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Puddletown Saint
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7:41pm Fri 30 Nov 12
More Glory
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7:42pm Fri 30 Nov 12
SFCSaint
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7:47pm Fri 30 Nov 12
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pompey in spain
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7:53pm Fri 30 Nov 12
White and red till dead
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7:58pm Fri 30 Nov 12
franiow
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8:13pm Fri 30 Nov 12
puppy saint
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8:13pm Fri 30 Nov 12
slugger
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8:16pm Fri 30 Nov 12
puppy saint wrote:especially jealous skates , sends a warm shiver up my spine ....... another beer anyone ?
I love jealous people. They have to keep mentioning it. COYR!
JCSaint
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8:27pm Fri 30 Nov 12
puppy saint
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8:27pm Fri 30 Nov 12
slugger wrote:I've purchased Bill a special pie eating poncho. I hope he likes it.
puppy saint wrote:especially jealous skates , sends a warm shiver up my spine ....... another beer anyone ?
I love jealous people. They have to keep mentioning it. COYR!
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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8:27pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Puddletown Saint wrote:This is something I don't understand either. In life we represent ourselves but from time to time we may bring someone in to advise us be it lawyer, accountant or agent. They are working for us and representing us and we pay them ourselves. If they have helped us secure a better deal then their fees are worthwhile. I have no idea why the club pays an agent representing someone else.
Just a thought. Why does the player not pay his agent from his signing on fee..... or will that just mean larger signing on fees!!!!!!! But would read better. Good job if you can get it.
I have also heard of cases of a single agent representing the selling club, the player and the buying club. In any other walk of life this is seen as a conflict of interest and would be illegal. Surely it is a conflict of interest - how can you claim to have represented your client to the best of your ability if in fact you have three clients all involved in the same deal?!?
slugger
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8:35pm Fri 30 Nov 12
puppy saint wrote:is it balti proof and large ?
slugger wrote:I've purchased Bill a special pie eating poncho. I hope he likes it.
puppy saint wrote:especially jealous skates , sends a warm shiver up my spine ....... another beer anyone ?
I love jealous people. They have to keep mentioning it. COYR!
More Glory
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8:38pm Fri 30 Nov 12
puppy saint wrote:Is Bill the good one or the ugly one?
slugger wrote:I've purchased Bill a special pie eating poncho. I hope he likes it.puppy saint wrote: I love jealous people. They have to keep mentioning it. COYR!especially jealous skates , sends a warm shiver up my spine ....... another beer anyone ?
puppy saint
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8:38pm Fri 30 Nov 12
OSPREYSAINT
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8:40pm Fri 30 Nov 12
slugger
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8:40pm Fri 30 Nov 12
puppy saint
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8:40pm Fri 30 Nov 12
TEBOURBA
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8:41pm Fri 30 Nov 12
PS Has Solent Interiors been paid yet??
OSPREYSAINT
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8:45pm Fri 30 Nov 12
More Glory
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8:51pm Fri 30 Nov 12
slugger wrote:cos Seed is obviously the Bad, and its either you or Bill who is Ugly. Ehhm. Maybe Bill is ugly cos he is a fatty, or maybe its you who is just really really ugly. Ahh ahh Wah wah wahh - who ate all the pies x 2, Fatty Fatty Billy did x2, who ate all the pies
he'll love it ! ........... did someone squeak ?
slugger
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8:51pm Fri 30 Nov 12
OSPREYSAINT wrote:not your fault at all , iv'e been waiting for him .
My fault I woke the numbnut up! A one trick pony on a lonely road.
Buddy SFC
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8:51pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Buddy SFC
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8:53pm Fri 30 Nov 12
I'm loving it !”
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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8:57pm Fri 30 Nov 12
TEBOURBA wrote:I hope not. They're a skunt company and should go bust.
IMO most agents would give Mr Cortese a wide berth knowing that Solent Interiors, due to be paid what Agents would call a chicken feed, measly, £60k, in May were still awaiting payment in November despite two Court cases.
PS Has Solent Interiors been paid yet??
slugger
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8:59pm Fri 30 Nov 12
TEBOURBA wrote:do you think that we should have spent more on agents fees ? ....... one word answer please .
IMO most agents would give Mr Cortese a wide berth knowing that Solent Interiors, due to be paid what Agents would call a chicken feed, measly, £60k, in May were still awaiting payment in November despite two Court cases.
PS Has Solent Interiors been paid yet??
promised land
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9:00pm Fri 30 Nov 12
TEBOURBA wrote:Yes Solent interiors have been paid ! I paid them to stop you repeating over and over again, like a 5 year old spoilt brat.
IMO most agents would give Mr Cortese a wide berth knowing that Solent Interiors, due to be paid what Agents would call a chicken feed, measly, £60k, in May were still awaiting payment in November despite two Court cases.
PS Has Solent Interiors been paid yet??
slugger
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9:05pm Fri 30 Nov 12
promised land wrote:i think you'll find he's 7 , sorry to be pedantic .
TEBOURBA wrote:Yes Solent interiors have been paid ! I paid them to stop you repeating over and over again, like a 5 year old spoilt brat.
IMO most agents would give Mr Cortese a wide berth knowing that Solent Interiors, due to be paid what Agents would call a chicken feed, measly, £60k, in May were still awaiting payment in November despite two Court cases.
PS Has Solent Interiors been paid yet??
OSPREYSAINT
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9:13pm Fri 30 Nov 12
slugger wrote:Possibly!
TEBOURBA wrote:do you think that we should have spent more on agents fees ? ....... one word answer please .
IMO most agents would give Mr Cortese a wide berth knowing that Solent Interiors, due to be paid what Agents would call a chicken feed, measly, £60k, in May were still awaiting payment in November despite two Court cases.
PS Has Solent Interiors been paid yet??
OSPREYSAINT
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9:19pm Fri 30 Nov 12
TEBOURBA wrote:If you really want to know why don't you ring them up and ask them. 023 9255 4400
IMO most agents would give Mr Cortese a wide berth knowing that Solent Interiors, due to be paid what Agents would call a chicken feed, measly, £60k, in May were still awaiting payment in November despite two Court cases.
PS Has Solent Interiors been paid yet??
More Glory
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9:24pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Buddy SFC wrote:I was given a Liverpool shirt from the
And as for the Blue Ones , don't worry ........... The only reason their on here is because their 'Closet Reds' waiting for their new Red Shirts with little white stripes for Xmas after the 14th .......... (Do Saints sell their kit on Credit ??????) I'm loving it !”
eighties, so I don't need another one. I do like trophy shirts as well - sorry.
Do you mean - "reason they're on here"?
Baddesley Bill
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9:40pm Fri 30 Nov 12
ps I like the idea of a pie poncho Puppy...should save on the laundry bill for you and me both! :O)
slugger
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9:52pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Baddesley Bill
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9:52pm Fri 30 Nov 12
puppy saint wrote:Harsh but fair :O)
Doubtful and yes.
angus mc coatup
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9:59pm Fri 30 Nov 12
One Heart....One Vision
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9:59pm Fri 30 Nov 12
slugger wrote:well said that man.....whoever you are!!!
so it would appear that one can sign 33 million pounds worth of players whilst only paying 600k out in agents' fees .....less than 2% is not bad at all ........ fair play nicola !
Baddesley Bill
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10:06pm Fri 30 Nov 12
angus mc coatup wrote:They have yet to come to terms with administrators fees ffs.
I wonder If the blue few pay agents fees.
One Heart....One Vision
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10:09pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Credit must go to our Nicola and his team for their stirling work in running our Club with such professionalism. The agent fees will be lesser in the future with all the young talent we have coming through the system.
angus mc coatup
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10:10pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Baddesley Bill wrote:could be estate agents fees soon.
angus mc coatup wrote:They have yet to come to terms with administrators fees ffs.
I wonder If the blue few pay agents fees.
slugger
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10:13pm Fri 30 Nov 12
One Heart....One Vision wrote:could deffo be worse eh ? .............. the future is bright ect .......
I'd like to thank DK for posting this story. What an positive, interesting, feel good and good read article to start this weekend. Like they say "Good news sells papers".
Credit must go to our Nicola and his team for their stirling work in running our Club with such professionalism. The agent fees will be lesser in the future with all the young talent we have coming through the system.
One Heart....One Vision
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10:21pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Baddesley Bill wrote:How they've kept a float (excuse the fishy connection) is beyond me.
angus mc coatup wrote: I wonder If the blue few pay agents fees.They have yet to come to terms with administrators fees ffs.
Baddesley Bill
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10:22pm Fri 30 Nov 12
angus mc coatup wrote:...Aldi will cover those.
Baddesley Bill wrote:could be estate agents fees soon.
angus mc coatup wrote:They have yet to come to terms with administrators fees ffs.
I wonder If the blue few pay agents fees.
Seedhouse the Unrepentant
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10:23pm Fri 30 Nov 12
angus mc coatup wrote:They didn't pay players wages, local businesses or charities but they paid the agents.
Baddesley Bill wrote:could be estate agents fees soon.
angus mc coatup wrote:They have yet to come to terms with administrators fees ffs.
I wonder If the blue few pay agents fees.
Baddesley Bill
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10:39pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:Seed...that isn't big news. The headline news (for those that like to clutch onto straws) is that our manager has a suntan after his well deserved apres promotion holiday.
angus mc coatup wrote:They didn't pay players wages, local businesses or charities but they paid the agents.
Baddesley Bill wrote:could be estate agents fees soon.
angus mc coatup wrote:They have yet to come to terms with administrators fees ffs.
I wonder If the blue few pay agents fees.
I've booked myself in for a holiday to celebrate a landmark event as well.....
14/12/12 :O)
promised land
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11:15pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Baddesley Bill wrote:Aldi ? That's a little bit upmarket for that area. Pound shop more like !
angus mc coatup wrote:...Aldi will cover those.
Baddesley Bill wrote:could be estate agents fees soon.
angus mc coatup wrote:They have yet to come to terms with administrators fees ffs.
I wonder If the blue few pay agents fees.
SaintinCanada
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12:43am Sat 1 Dec 12
"I have a rather small willie, I heard that Solent Interiors do willie-jobs.
Does anyone know if they take payment only after the work is done to my satisfaction?
I know this is off-topic, but my little willie is important to me."
AmsterdamSaint
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1:22am Sat 1 Dec 12
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:Yeah. When I was a kid (70's), the agent got 10% of the transfer fee, paid by the club that sold them. That Newcastle lad bought in january, Ba? Or was it Cisse? Went for 7 million, 3.5 going to his agent. 50% to the agent ? Good grief, we are well out of that. Good on you N.C. And keep N.A. while you are at it. I would rather go down with him at the helm playing great football than getting rid, and scraping survival.
Puddletown Saint wrote:This is something I don't understand either. In life we represent ourselves but from time to time we may bring someone in to advise us be it lawyer, accountant or agent. They are working for us and representing us and we pay them ourselves. If they have helped us secure a better deal then their fees are worthwhile. I have no idea why the club pays an agent representing someone else.
Just a thought. Why does the player not pay his agent from his signing on fee..... or will that just mean larger signing on fees!!!!!!! But would read better. Good job if you can get it.
I have also heard of cases of a single agent representing the selling club, the player and the buying club. In any other walk of life this is seen as a conflict of interest and would be illegal. Surely it is a conflict of interest - how can you claim to have represented your client to the best of your ability if in fact you have three clients all involved in the same deal?!?
batesieboy
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1:39am Sat 1 Dec 12
TEBOURBA
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2:23am Sat 1 Dec 12
Cortese found his match, they were a lot tougher than the programme sellers and painters and decorators that have been sh*t on and wouldn't stand for it.
Happy Clappers may think Cortese has done a good job, in my book quite the reverse
Pay peanuts in agents' fees and get monkeys ---- not one of the allegedly £33m pounds worth of talent has yet to prove themselves worthy of the transfer fee paid by Cortese.
Maybe that's the reason why Saints are second from bottom.
SaintinCanada
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2:44am Sat 1 Dec 12
TEBOURBA wrote:Ok TEBOURBA - you win!
On learning that Saints weren't paying their creditors a measly £60k,the wheeler dealer agents showed they wouldn't be caught out, they were too sharp for Mr Cortese, that's why they gave him a wide berth.
Cortese found his match, they were a lot tougher than the programme sellers and painters and decorators that have been sh*t on and wouldn't stand for it.
Happy Clappers may think Cortese has done a good job, in my book quite the reverse
Pay peanuts in agents' fees and get monkeys ---- not one of the allegedly £33m pounds worth of talent has yet to prove themselves worthy of the transfer fee paid by Cortese.
Maybe that's the reason why Saints are second from bottom.
Explain where you get a figure of 33Million that you continue to spout. You seem to 'ave all night, early evenng here.
Let me start:
amirez 12M
JayRod 7M....that's 19M....
.....please fill us in with the other 14M.
It important to hearit from UOU first.
Over to you for the other 14M......
warrens 76
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8:35am Sat 1 Dec 12
TEBOURBA wrote:No medication today then?
IMO most agents would give Mr Cortese a wide berth knowing that Solent Interiors, due to be paid what Agents would call a chicken feed, measly, £60k, in May were still awaiting payment in November despite two Court cases.
PS Has Solent Interiors been paid yet??
Velleity
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10:22am Sat 1 Dec 12
pompey in spain wrote:I may be part of the "ssshhhh" campaign but every so often in the darkness of the mine of Pompey supporters' comments we come across a gleam of light that does, in fact, turn out to be a diamond.
you didnt pay any agents because you didnt get any decent players!!!! you should get them on loan like us!!! oh have i left myself open to the odd negative comment!!
I do have to let you know that this post made me (in a vernacular phrase much misused but literal in this case) lol.
Thank you for brightening up my day. If the banter could be like this we'd all be much happier.
Saint.
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12:03pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Seedhouse the Unrepentant wrote:Spot on!
We were one of the biggest spenders yet spent less than anyone else on agents, far less. Even Theborer would have to admit that is a great achievement by NC.
Well done NC!
Looking after our club interest and not allowing agents to rob us blind! Now NC knockers can see in balancing the books NC has worked his magic, and kept Southampton FC with a healthy future.
Give NC a year or two more time and I would say much more is to come in where the club stands finacially, quality of players, and success with the team!
Bottom line NC is not talking the talk like other clubs, his actions speak louder than words, and he is quitely changing the image the club is seen in the media, he is standing up to the bigger clubs, he is building the club from grass roots to the first team and with a plan to actually make this work (again action, not just words), and the result is and will be respect for Southampton FC, which plays good attractive attacking football and will soon sit up there in the top six on soundly run foootballing merit!
CB FRY LIVES
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1:00pm Sat 1 Dec 12
More Glory wrote:at poirpoisemouth they can't afford to pay the players a decent wage let alone pay any parasitical agents.
Not really a surprise is it. Your club has taken a massive risk here - and without the couple of good results this week, you could have been already buried in tems of points and confidence. Yes - Agents are cack, and are greedy limpets - but are now part of the furniture and if you want to move up the table and play with the bigger boys, you need to play with a few more agents as well; but to a controlled degree.
insane saint says...
6:30pm Fri 30 Nov 12