Arsenal paid £32,149,359 in agents’ fees over the latest reporting period, a figure that underlines the scale of their activity in the market while still leaving them at barely half of Chelsea’s outlay for a much better return.
The Football Association data covering 4 February 2025 to 2 February 2026 place Arsenal among the Premier League’s heaviest spenders on intermediaries, but not at the top.
Chelsea’s total of £65,102,247 stands in a different category altogether, with Aston Villa on £38,444,289, Manchester City on £37,358,301 and Liverpool’s £33,881,544 in front of the Gunners.
Even so, Arsenal’s number remains comfortably above Tottenham Hotspur’s £21,384,701, Bournemouth’s £20,883,523, Newcastle United’s £20,284,806, Brighton’s £19,520,800 and West Ham United’s £18,348,058, as it would be expected to be.
The transactions file makes clear why the total has climbed to that level. Arsenal recorded permanent deals for Martin Zubimendi, Christian Norgaard, Noni Madueke, Cristhian Mosquera, Viktor Gyokeres, Eberechi Eze and Evan Mooney, along with a loan for Piero Hincapie.
On top of that came contract renewals for Bukayo Saka, William Saliba, David Raya, Leandro Trossard, Karl Hein and Ethan Nwaneri, as well as a substantial volume of academy registrations and scholarships.
The same pattern is visible on the women’s side, although on a much smaller scale, where Arsenal Women paid £446,010 in agents’ fees.
That again places them towards the upper end of the scale, though Chelsea led the way by a distance, once again, on £1,080,312.
They are followed by Manchester City Women on £509,517, London City Lionesses on £466,981 and Arsenal Women on £446,010.
Below them came Aston Villa Women on £265,466, Everton Women on £210,832, Manchester United Women on £196,687, Brighton Women on £155,877, Tottenham Women on £152,717, Liverpool Women on £115,778, Leicester Women on £101,113 and West Ham Women on £96,624.
The wider picture in the Women’s Super League is one of rapid growth. Total agent spending rose from £2,169,842 to £3,797,914 year on year, an increase of 75 per cent, and Arsenal’s £446,010 places them firmly in the bracket of clubs willing to pay at the top end of that market.