The agent of England manager Steve McClaren has insisted "tens of millions of pounds has gone out of the game" in underhand payments.
Colin Gordon, who is also the representative for Arsenal's teenage star Theo Walcott, said the practice of "bung-taking," as it is known in England, is widespread and is a "very sophisticated business."
A Premier League inquiry into the issue is due to report next month.
But in the meantime Gordon on Wednesday told Wolverhampton's Express and Star: "If I buy a player from eastern Europe and find he is valued at ?2 million [US$3.8 million] by his club I say, `I can sell him for ?5 million in England.'"
"The club get ?500,000, but the other ?2.5 million makes its way into a separate account. Since the Premiership began, I would estimate that tens of millions of pounds has gone out of the game this way," he said.
Gordon's comments follow a BBC television investigation into soccer corruption broadcast last week. The Premier League and Football Association (FA) have launched a joint investigation into the claims made by the program.
Gordon added: "We're not talking about the ?500,000 bungs, or the old brown paper envelope stuffed with a few notes. We're talking about millions upon millions. It is a very sophisticated business. ... It's accepted abroad."
"We pretend we are holier than thou. But I've spoken to people over there and the English game is considered the `dirty man of Europe.' We are the worst -- and it shouldn't be accepted," he said.
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