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Figures released by the Football Association show how much money Nottingham Forest have spent on fees for agents and intermediaries.

The data covers last summer’s transfer window as well as the recent January window, showing the amount of intermediary and agents’ fees paid by clubs from February 1 2017 to January 31 2018.

And in the Championship, the Reds are listed as amongst the lowest spenders, splashing out £1,141,512 for that purpose – putting them 16th when the clubs are ranked according to net total spend.

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That is some way short of the division’s biggest spenders, Aston Villa, whose outlay was an eye-watering £5,510,180. Bolton Wanderers spent the least, with £223,432, while Forest’s arch-rivals Derby County paid out £2.1m.

Strugglers Sunderland coughed up the second-largest amount, with £4.3m, Reading were third on £2.8m, followed by Middlesbrough (£2.5m), Birmingham City (£2.46m) and Fulham (£2.42m).

Only seven clubs allocated less than £1m on those fees – Bristol City (£843,174), Sheffield United (£652,070), Barnsley (£419,638), Millwall (£311,505), Burton Albion (£268,490), Ipswich (£241,969) and Bolton.

A total of £42,183,048 was spent by teams in the second tier during that period. By comparison, in the Premier League the total spend was £211,011,048.

During that time frame, Forest saw the likes of Daryl Murphy, Barrie McKay and Jason Cummings arrive at the club last summer, while manager Aitor Karanka recently oversaw an overhaul of his squad in January.