Are agents really worth the big fees?

GIVEN that football is wealthier than ever, it’s perhaps unsurprising that players’ representatives or agents are being paid record amounts. Players get bigger and bigger wages, therefore agents get bigger and bigger fees. Makes sense.
Figures released by The FA on Friday revealed that the amount paid by English clubs to agents rose 38 per cent last year with Premier League clubs alone parting company with a huge £174 million.
But it was the amounts paid by clubs from the National League and below which turned heads here ...