| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bruno Méndez | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Spain | Deportivo Toluca | 1999 | €4.5m |
| 2 |  Liam Kitching | Defender - Centre-Back | England Ireland | Coventry City | 1999 | €4.5m |
| 3 |  Enea Mihaj | Defender - Centre-Back | Albania Greece | Atlanta United FC | 1998 | €4.0m |
| 4 |  Harold Moukoudi | Defender - Centre-Back | Cameroon France | AEK Athens | 1997 | €4.0m |
| 5 |  Abdul Mumin | Defender - Centre-Back | Ghana Nigeria | Rayo Vallecano | 1998 | €5.0m |
| 6 |  Mads Bech Sørensen | Defender - Centre-Back | Denmark | FC Midtjylland | 1999 | €5.0m |
| 7 |  Jerome Opoku | Defender - Centre-Back | Ghana England | Basaksehir FK | 1998 | €5.0m |
| 8 |  Malang Sarr | Defender - Centre-Back | France Senegal | RC Lens | 1999 | €5.0m |
| 9 |  Panagiotis Retsos | Defender - Centre-Back | Greece | Olympiacos Piraeus | 1998 | €5.0m |
| 10 |  Moritz Jenz | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany Nigeria | VfL Wolfsburg | 1999 | €5.0m |
| 11 |  Nahuel Ferraresi | Defender - Centre-Back | Venezuela Italy | São Paulo Futebol Clube | 1998 | €5.0m |
| 12 |  Martin Erlić | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia | FC Midtjylland | 1998 | €4.0m |
| 13 |  Willer Ditta | Defender - Centre-Back | Colombia | CD Cruz Azul | 1998 | €5.0m |
| 14 |  Serge-Philippe Raux-Yao | Defender - Centre-Back | France Cote d'Ivoire | Rapid Vienna | 1999 | €5.0m |
| 15 |  Sebastián Cáceres | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay | CF América | 1999 | €5.0m |
| 16 |  Wagner Leonardo | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense | 1999 | €4.0m |
| 17 |  Petko Hristov | Defender - Centre-Back | Bulgaria | Spezia Calcio | 1999 | €4.0m |
| 18 |  Derek Cornelius | Defender - Centre-Back | Canada Jamaica | Rangers FC | 1997 | €5.0m |
| 19 |  João Victor | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | CSKA Moscow | 1998 | €5.0m |
| 20 |  Mohamed Abdelmonem | Defender - Centre-Back | Egypt | OGC Nice | 1999 | €4.0m |
| 21 |  Liam Scales | Defender - Centre-Back | Ireland | Celtic FC | 1998 | €4.0m |
| 22 |  Antonios Papadopoulos | Defender - Centre-Back | Greece | FC Lugano | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 23 |  Luke McNally | Defender - Centre-Back | Ireland | Bristol City | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 24 |  Hannes Delcroix | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium Haiti | Burnley FC | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 25 |  Gilberto Sepúlveda | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Deportivo Guadalajara | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 26 |  Amos Pieper | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | SV Werder Bremen | 1998 | €3.5m |
| 27 |  Harry Darling | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Norwich City | 1999 | €3.5m |
| 28 |  Adryelson | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Al-Wasl FC | 1998 | €3.5m |
| 29 |  Ayrton Costa | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | CA Boca Juniors | 1999 | €3.2m |
| 30 |  Filipe Relvas | Defender - Centre-Back | Portugal | AEK Athens | 1999 | €3.0m |