| 1 |  Jean-Eudes Aholou | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Umm Salal SC | 1994 | €2.0m |
| 2 |  Adrien Tamèze | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Cameroon | Torino FC | 1994 | €2.0m |
| 3 |  Josip Misic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | GNK Dinamo Zagreb | 1994 | €2.0m |
| 4 |  Wilder Cartagena | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Peru | Orlando City SC | 1994 | €1.8m |
| 5 |  Jens Jönsson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | AEK Athens | 1993 | €1.8m |
| 6 |  Manolis Siopis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Panathinaikos FC | 1994 | €1.8m |
| 7 |  Mats Rits | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | RSC Anderlecht | 1993 | €1.8m |
| 8 |  Birger Verstraete | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 1994 | €1.8m |
| 9 |  Marvelous Nakamba | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Zimbabwe | Luton Town | 1994 | €1.8m |
| 10 |  Gerard Gumbau | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Rayo Vallecano | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 11 |  Otávio | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Fluminense Football Club | 1994 | €2.5m |
| 12 |  Rani Khedira | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Tunisia | 1.FC Union Berlin | 1994 | €2.5m |
| 13 |  José Martínez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Venezuela | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | 1994 | €2.5m |
| 14 |  Laurent Abergel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | FC Lorient | 1993 | €2.5m |
| 15 |  Artem Timofeev | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 16 |  Jair | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | 1994 | €2.5m |
| 17 |  Mikel Vesga | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 1993 | €2.5m |
| 18 |  Okay Yokuşlu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye | Trabzonspor | 1994 | €2.6m |
| 19 |  Victor Lekhal | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Algeria France | Qadsia SC | 1994 | €1.3m |
| 20 |  Fernando González | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Deportivo Guadalajara | 1994 | €1.3m |
| 21 |  Yong-woo Park | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Al-Ain FC | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 22 |  Dimitrios Kourbelis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Al-Khaleej FC | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 23 |  John Lundstram | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Hull City | 1994 | €2.8m |
| 24 |  Didier Ndong | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Gabon | Esteghlal FC | 1994 | €1.2m |
| 25 |  Samuel Piette | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Canada France | CF Montréal | 1994 | €1.2m |
| 26 |  Josip Radosevic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | NK Istra 1961 | 1994 | €1.2m |
| 27 |  Nikolay Kalinskiy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Pari Nizhniy Novgorod | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 28 |  Seba Pérez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Casa Pia AC | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 29 |  Jonas Meffert | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Hamburger SV | 1994 | €1.0m |
| 30 |  Lucas Torró | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | CA Osasuna | 1994 | €3.0m |