| 1 |  Archie Collins | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Peterborough United | 1999 | €0.9m |
| 2 |  Tobías Reinhart | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | AC Reggiana 1919 | 2000 | €0.9m |
| 3 |  Lamine Diack | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | FC Sion | 2000 | €0.9m |
| 4 |  Georgios Liavas | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Rio Ave FC | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 5 |  Dieudonné Gaucho Debohi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | SM Caen | 2001 | €0.9m |
| 6 |  Ivan Lepinjica | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | Sabah FK | 1999 | €0.9m |
| 7 |  Kader Keita | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire France | FC Rapid 1923 | 2000 | €0.9m |
| 8 |  Njabulo Blom | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | South Africa | Thep Xanh Nam Dinh FC | 1999 | €1.0m |
| 9 |  Aziz Ouattara | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Maccabi Netanya | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 10 |  Hrvoje Babec | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | NK Osijek | 1999 | €1.0m |
| 11 |  Robert Mejía | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Once Caldas | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 12 |  Matheus Índio | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Qingdao West Coast | 1999 | €0.8m |
| 13 |  Gustavo Assunção | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Portugal | Without Club | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 14 |  Tamás Nikitscher | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Hungary | Rio Ave FC | 1999 | €1.0m |
| 15 |  Jonathan González | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico United States | FC Juárez | 1999 | €0.8m |
| 16 |  Hiroki Akiyama | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | SV Darmstadt 98 | 2000 | €0.8m |
| 17 |  Ivan Zhelizko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Lechia Gdansk | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 18 |  Calem Nieuwenhof | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia Netherlands | Heart of Midlothian FC | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 19 |  Florian Flick | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2000 | €0.8m |
| 20 |  Newton | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 21 |  Ángel Zapata | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Querétaro FC | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 22 |  Álvaro Sanz | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Al-Shahania SC | 2001 | €0.8m |
| 23 |  Sambou Sissoko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | FK Cukaricki | 2000 | €0.8m |
| 24 |  Siro Rosané | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | CA Barracas Central | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 25 |  Ángel Algobia | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain Portugal | Avs Futebol | 1999 | €0.8m |
| 26 |  Mathis Lachuer | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Martinique | Real Valladolid CF | 2000 | €1.0m |
| 27 |  Boris Lambert | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | KV Kortrijk | 2000 | €0.8m |
| 28 |  João Lameira | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Portugal | SC Otelul Galati | 1999 | €0.8m |
| 29 |  Ousmane Diakité | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | West Bromwich Albion | 2000 | €0.7m |
| 30 |  Melle Meulensteen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands England | Go Ahead Eagles | 1999 | €0.7m |