Chelsea and Liverpool paid out £9.2m and £9m respectively to agents in the year ending in September 2010, according to Premier League figures.
That was £3m higher than the next biggest club - Manchester City, who which splashed out £5.9m on agents.
In all £67.1m passed hands between the 20 top-flight clubs and agents for the period October 2009 to September 2010 - £3.5m less than the previous 12 months.
crazy sums of money totally wasted