Morecambe's spend on agents' fees is revealed by the FA

Morecambe have had the second-lowest spend of League Two clubs on agents’ fees according to new figures released by the FA.
By Gavin Browne
Published 1st Apr 2021, 08:00 BST
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In the year between February 1, 2020 and 2021, the Shrimps paid out £14,452 with only EFL new boys Barrow AFC (£13,359) spending less.

Morecambe’s spend was taken up on a dozen deals with new contracts for Freddie Price, Cole Stockton and Aaron Wildig in addition to the arrivals of Harry Davis, Nat Knight-Percival, Liam McAlinden, Toumani Diagouraga, Stephen Hendrie, Kelvin Mellor, Brad Lyons, Kyle Letheren and Christian Mbulu.

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As a whole, League Two clubs paid a little more than £1m with Salford City the only side spending six figures as they handed over £137,884.

Aaron Wildig's new contract was among the dozen deals for which Morecambe paid moneyAaron Wildig's new contract was among the dozen deals for which Morecambe paid money
Aaron Wildig's new contract was among the dozen deals for which Morecambe paid money
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Forest Green Rovers had the second largest sum of £79,372 with Leyton Orient (£72,117), Bradford City (£71,369) and Mansfield Town (£66,045) making up the rest of the top five spenders.

In all, Premier League clubs spent more than £272m, Championship sides £40.7m, League One a little more than £3m and National League teams almost £272,000.

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