DFL publishes consultant fees: BVB pays less than in the previous year

Premier League in other spheres

On Tuesday published the DFL Key financial figures for the 36 clubs that will start in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 in the coming 2023/24 season – including those who are still fighting for promotion in the relegation. The document lists, among other things, the sums of the players’ agent commissions paid per club. The top 3 sporting teams from the upper house are also at the top of this ranking by a clear margin.

The newly crowned German champions FC Bayern Munich invested EUR 35.4 million in consultant fees in the 2022 financial year, RB Leipzig followed with EUR 31.2 million and Borussia Dortmund paid EUR 26.4 million for players’ agents. With 12 million euros, relegated Hertha BSC is also among the six clubs with the highest consultant expenses. In the 2nd Bundesliga, Hamburger SV (EUR 2.3 million) and Arminia Bielefeld (EUR 2.1 million) recorded the largest expenses.

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While commissions for clubs like Bayern and RB rose significantly compared to the previous year (EUR 25 million each), Borussia Dortmund saved almost EUR 6 million compared to the 2021 financial year (EUR 32.8 million). Eintracht Frankfurt also paid players’ agents less than in the previous year, while Bayer Leverkusen paid EUR 6 million more.

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Compared to the fees paid by the Premier League clubs, however, the German clubs are in much smaller spheres: the English champions with the most valuable squad in the world paid Manchester City the equivalent of 60 million euros in 2022/23 according to the “Times”. costs up. Chelsea FC paid almost 50 million euros in commissions, followed by Liverpool (40 million euros) and Manchester United (29 million euros) in the top 4.

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