| 1 |  William Carvalho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Portugal Angola | CF Pachuca | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 2 |  Willian Arão | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Santos FC | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 3 |  Oriol Romeu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Without Club | 1991 | €1.2m |
| 4 |  Nampalys Mendy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal France | Watford FC | 1992 | €1.8m |
| 5 |  Allan | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Portugal | Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas | 1991 | €2.0m |
| 6 |  Matheus Uribe | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Atlético Nacional | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 7 |  Guilherme | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Qatar Brazil | Al-Sadd SC | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 8 |  Rodrigo Battaglia | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | CA Boca Juniors | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 9 |  Francis Coquelin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Réunion | FC Nantes | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 10 |  Federico Lértora | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Querétaro FC | 1990 | €0.8m |
| 11 |  Luka Milivojevic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Al-Nasr SC (UAE) | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 12 |  Javier Güemez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Santos Laguna | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 13 |  Birama Touré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | Manisa FK | 1992 | €0.8m |
| 14 |  Sho Inagaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Nagoya Grampus | 1991 | €0.7m |
| 15 |  Jun-ho Son | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Chungnam Asan | 1992 | €0.6m |
| 16 |  Sergio Álvarez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | SD Eibar | 1992 | €0.6m |
| 17 |  Diego Demme | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Italy | Hertha BSC | 1991 | €0.6m |
| 18 |  Hicham Faik | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands Morocco | Al-Bukiryah FC | 1992 | €0.6m |
| 19 |  Hotaru Yamaguchi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | V-Varen Nagasaki | 1990 | €0.5m |
| 20 |  Diego de Buen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Club Necaxa | 1991 | €0.5m |
| 21 |  Fernando | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Without Club | 1992 | €0.5m |
| 22 |  Sergiy Sydorchuk | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | KVC Westerlo | 1991 | €0.5m |
| 23 |  Panagiotis Tachtsidis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Clube do Remo (PA) | 1991 | €0.5m |
| 24 |  Thiago Mendes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | 1992 | €3.0m |
| 25 |  Nemanja Gudelj | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia Netherlands | Sevilla FC | 1991 | €3.0m |
| 26 |  Marten de Roon | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Atalanta BC | 1991 | €5.0m |
| 27 |  N'Golo Kante | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Al-Ittihad Club | 1991 | €5.0m |
| 28 |  Benjamin André | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | LOSC Lille | 1990 | €5.0m |
| 29 |  Jorginho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Italy Brazil | CR Flamengo | 1991 | €6.0m |
| 30 |  Gabriel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Italy | Red Bull Bragantino | 1992 | €1.5m |