| 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 |  Gastón Brugman | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Uruguay Italy | Nashville SC | 1992 | €1.2m |
| 6 |  Mohamed Elneny | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Egypt | Al-Jazira Club | 1992 | €1.8m |
| 7 |  Jens Jönsson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | AEK Athens | 1993 | €1.8m |
| 8 |  João Schmidt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Santos FC | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 9 |  Seba Pérez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Casa Pia AC | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 10 |  Omar Mascarell | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Equatorial Guinea Spain | RCD Mallorca | 1993 | €0.9m |
| 11 |  Aldo Rocha | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Atlas Guadalajara | 1992 | €0.9m |
| 12 |  Rodrigo Battaglia | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | CA Boca Juniors | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 13 |  Birama Touré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | Manisa FK | 1992 | €0.8m |
| 14 |  Wil Trapp | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States Greece | Minnesota United FC | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 15 |  Facundo Quignón | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | Club Atlético Belgrano | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 16 |  Nemanja Radoja | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Sporting Kansas City | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 17 |  Matt Polster | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States | New England Revolution | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 18 |  Gojko Cimirot | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina | FK Sarajevo | 1992 | €0.8m |
| 19 |  Anton Shvets | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia Ukraine | Without Club | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 20 |  Javier Güemez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Santos Laguna | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 21 |  Matías Kranevitter | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Fatih Karagümrük | 1993 | €0.8m |
| 22 |  Sho Inagaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Nagoya Grampus | 1991 | €0.7m |
| 23 |  Lucas Silva | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube | 1993 | €0.7m |
| 24 |  Ibrahim Amadou | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Cameroon | Shanghai Shenhua | 1993 | €0.7m |
| 25 |  Éder Balanta | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | CD América de Cali | 1993 | €0.7m |
| 26 |  Federico Fattori | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | AA Argentinos Juniors | 1992 | €0.7m |
| 27 |  Sergio Álvarez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | SD Eibar | 1992 | €0.6m |
| 28 |  Willian Oliveira | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Esporte Clube Vitória | 1993 | €0.6m |
| 29 |  Bruno Zuculini | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Racing Club | 1993 | €0.6m |
| 30 |  Diego Demme | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Italy | Hertha BSC | 1991 | €0.6m |