| 1 |  Nampalys Mendy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal France | Watford FC | 1992 | €1.8m |
| 2 |  Mohamed Elneny | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Egypt | Al-Jazira Club | 1992 | €1.8m |
| 3 |  Mats Rits | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | RSC Anderlecht | 1993 | €1.8m |
| 4 |  Claudio Baeza | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Chile | CA Vélez Sarsfield | 1993 | €2.0m |
| 5 |  Gabriel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Italy | Red Bull Bragantino | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 6 |  Willian Arão | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Santos FC | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 7 |  William Carvalho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Portugal Angola | CF Pachuca | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 8 |  Nikolay Kalinskiy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Pari Nizhniy Novgorod | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 9 |  Yong-woo Park | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Al-Ain FC | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 10 |  Gastón Brugman | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Uruguay Italy | Nashville SC | 1992 | €1.2m |
| 11 |  Dimitrios Kourbelis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Al-Khaleej FC | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 12 |  Gustavo Cuéllar | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense | 1992 | €2.5m |
| 13 |  Mikel Vesga | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 1993 | €2.5m |
| 14 |  Laurent Abergel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | FC Lorient | 1993 | €2.5m |
| 15 |  Gabriel Pires | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Portugal | Without Club | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 16 |  João Schmidt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Santos FC | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 17 |  Srdjan Mijailovic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Al-Wasl FC | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 18 |  Seba Pérez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Casa Pia AC | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 19 |  Omar Mascarell | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Equatorial Guinea Spain | RCD Mallorca | 1993 | €0.9m |
| 20 |  Aldo Rocha | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Atlas Guadalajara | 1992 | €0.9m |
| 21 |  Gojko Cimirot | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina | FK Sarajevo | 1992 | €0.8m |
| 22 |  Anton Shvets | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia Ukraine | Without Club | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 23 |  Matías Kranevitter | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Fatih Karagümrük | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 24 |  Nemanja Radoja | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Sporting Kansas City | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 25 |  Facundo Quignón | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | Club Atlético Belgrano | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 26 |  Wil Trapp | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States Greece | Minnesota United FC | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 27 |  Javier Salas | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | FC Juárez | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 28 |  Matt Polster | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States | New England Revolution | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 29 |  Birama Touré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | Manisa FK | 1992 | €0.8m |
| 30 |  Eddy Gnahoré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Cote d'Ivoire | FC Dinamo 1948 | 1993 | €0.8m |