Football agents name worst Premier League transfer deals in the summer 2025 window | OneFootball

An interesting new report has followed a survey of football agents, where they were asked to name the worst Premier League transfer deals of summer 2025.

Altogether, the 20 top tier English clubs signed 155 new players.

Over £3.1billion was spent on transfer fees to sign them.

With then further riches needing to be spent on personal terms, wages etc.

The report is from The Athletic and they asked 20 football agents to answer a series of questions on the back of the summer’s transfer activity.

The Athletic survey of football agents – Worst Premier League transfer deals of summer 2025:

Interesting some of the comments from football agents.

“Because of what Liverpool paid for him, but also in terms of the culture of the football club,” said an agent. “Eddie Howe, the Newcastle manager, is a good human being and handled that with as much dignity as he could. For me, (the way Isak behaved) goes away from Liverpool’s core principles — it’s always been about the club, not an individual, at Liverpool.”

It was Benjamin Sesko’s £73.6million (with add-ons) move to Manchester United from RB Leipzig that drew the most criticism. “Way too much money and much too soon,” said an agent.

“They were pressurised into making that signing,” claimed another.

“A lot of money for not much of a pedigree,” was the view of a third.

On James Trafford:

“I just feel it was the wrong move,” said one. “Trafford would have played every week for Burnley, or he could have gone to Newcastle and played week in and week out there. Instead, he’s now sitting on City’s bench, and he’s behind the best goalkeeper in the world.”

They also asked football agents what had been the best deals of the window…

The Athletic survey of football agents – Best Premier League transfer deals of summer 2025:

Early days yet but certainly Newcastle United look to have done cracking deals with the likes of Malick Thiaw and Nick Woltemade, with the other NUFC summer signings set to show their worth as well in time, in my opinion.