| 1 |  Héctor Herrera | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico Portugal | Deportivo Toluca | 1990 | €1.0m |
| 2 |  Guilherme | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Qatar Brazil | Al-Sadd SC | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 3 |  Rodrigo Battaglia | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | CA Boca Juniors | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 4 |  Francis Coquelin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Réunion | FC Nantes | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 5 |  Federico Lértora | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Querétaro FC | 1990 | €0.8m |
| 6 |  Luka Milivojevic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Al-Nasr SC (UAE) | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 7 |  Javier Güemez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Santos Laguna | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 8 |  Oriol Romeu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Without Club | 1991 | €1.2m |
| 9 |  Sho Inagaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Nagoya Grampus | 1991 | €0.7m |
| 10 |  Iván Marcone | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | CA Independiente | 1990 | €0.7m |
| 11 |  Diego Demme | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Italy | Hertha BSC | 1991 | €0.6m |
| 12 |  Jonas Martin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | Without Club | 1990 | €0.6m |
| 13 |  Sergio Álvarez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | SD Eibar | 1992 | €0.6m |
| 14 |  Hicham Faik | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands Morocco | Al-Bukiryah FC | 1992 | €0.6m |
| 15 |  Jordy Clasie | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | AZ Alkmaar | 1991 | €1.5m |
| 16 |  Hotaru Yamaguchi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | V-Varen Nagasaki | 1990 | €0.5m |
| 17 |  Fernando | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Without Club | 1992 | €0.5m |
| 18 |  Willian Arão | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Santos FC | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 19 |  Sergiy Sydorchuk | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | KVC Westerlo | 1991 | €0.5m |
| 20 |  Kook-young Han | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1990 | €0.5m |
| 21 |  Diego de Buen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Club Necaxa | 1991 | €0.5m |
| 22 |  Jonathan dos Santos | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico Spain | CF América | 1990 | €0.5m |
| 23 |  Panagiotis Tachtsidis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Clube do Remo (PA) | 1991 | €0.5m |
| 24 |  Taras Romanczuk | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Poland | Jagiellonia Bialystok | 1991 | €0.4m |
| 25 |  Aleksandar Pejovic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | FK Radnik Surdulica | 1990 | €0.4m |
| 26 |  Ashley Westwood | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Charlotte FC | 1990 | €0.4m |
| 27 |  Benjamin Stambouli | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Algeria | FC Metz | 1990 | €0.4m |
| 28 |  Ilie Sánchez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain United States | Austin FC | 1990 | €0.4m |
| 29 |  Badou Ndiaye | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | Gaziantep FK | 1990 | €0.4m |
| 30 |  Josuha Guilavogui | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Guinea | Without Club | 1990 | €0.3m |