They ONLY increase costs if the football system allows them too. If clubs said no, the agents would have to re-evaluate what they consider top dollar. All the time the Prem is awash with money it will be exploited.
Football agents DO NOT inflate the price of football, the likes of Sky Sports and multi billionaire club owners do. Despite just about everyone saying they hate football agents, I would bet each and every one of you a pound to a piece of shit, you'd be one if you had the opportunity. They are...
He is talking Prem, not the lower leagues. I can understand that statement. But it is no different from most other clubs getting promoted and I can easily see us holding our own against the bottom half of the Prem.