BLACKBURN Rovers paid £165,537 in agents’ fees between October 1, 2015 and February 1, 2016 – the eighth lowest amount in the Championship.

Figures released by the FA, under FIFA rules, show that 16 of Rovers’ league rivals forked out more to registered intermediaries during that four-month period.

QPR stumped up £1,002,232 with the next highest amount being the £740,789 shelled out by Hull City.

Burnley paid £312,988, the 10th highest amount in the division, behind QPR, Hull, Cardiff City (£542,546), Nottingham Forest (£485,954), Bristol City (£371,850), Middlesbrough (£340,395), Reading (£327,390), Derby County (£323,076) and Fulham (£316,655).

Only three clubs, Birmingham City (£46,000), Bolton Wanderers (£54,867) and Rotherham United (£63,850), handed over less than £100,000 to agents.

Payments included in the figures released by the FA may have been made in respect of transactions entered into prior to April 1, 2015.

Rovers paid agents’ fees in sanctioning new contracts for David Raya, Anton Forrester, Chris Taylor, Darragh Lenihan, Ryan Nyambe, Lewis Mansell, Corry Evans and Craig Conway, the permanent signings of Sacha Petshi, Fode Koita, Danny Guthrie, Nathan Delfouneso, Hope Akpan, Elliott Bennett and Elliott Ward, and the loan signings of Danny Graham, Tony Watt and Jordi Gomez.