| 1 |  Rassoul Ndiaye | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal France | Le Havre AC | 2001 | €2.0m |
| 2 |  Vicente Poggi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Uruguay Italy | CD Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba | 2002 | €2.0m |
| 3 |  Juan Sforza | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Esporte Clube Juventude | 2002 | €2.0m |
| 4 |  Andrés Perea | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States Colombia | New York City FC | 2000 | €2.0m |
| 5 |  Thomas van den Belt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Twente Enschede FC | 2001 | €1.8m |
| 6 |  Bruno Leyes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | Club Atlético Tigre | 2001 | €1.8m |
| 7 |  Adam Randell | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Bristol City | 2000 | €2.2m |
| 8 |  Aleksandr Kutitskiy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Dynamo Moscow | 2002 | €1.8m |
| 9 |  Anouar El Azzouzi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Morocco Netherlands | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2001 | €1.8m |
| 10 |  Zanocelo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Ceará Sporting Club | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 11 |  Matheus Dias | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | CD Nacional | 2002 | €1.5m |
| 12 |  Connor Barron | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Scotland | Rangers FC | 2002 | €2.5m |
| 13 |  Maksim Mukhin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Sochi | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 14 |  Tim Breithaupt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2002 | €2.5m |
| 15 |  Josh Atencio | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States Mexico | Colorado Rapids | 2002 | €2.5m |
| 16 |  Max Balard | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia France | NAC Breda | 2000 | €1.5m |
| 17 |  Kirill Kravtsov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Sochi | 2002 | €1.5m |
| 18 |  Fredrik Hammar | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Sweden | KV Mechelen | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 19 |  Skelly Alvero | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Angola | SV Werder Bremen | 2002 | €2.5m |
| 20 |  Julian Niehues | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | 1.FC Heidenheim 1846 | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 21 |  Karol Struski | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Poland | Raków Częstochowa | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 22 |  Mathias Kjølø | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Norway | Twente Enschede FC | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 23 |  Mykola Mykhaylenko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Dynamo Kyiv | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 24 |  Áron Csongvai | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Hungary | AIK | 2000 | €1.5m |
| 25 |  Yannick Bright | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Italy | Inter Miami CF | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 26 |  Oussama El Azzouzi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Morocco Netherlands | AJ Auxerre | 2001 | €1.4m |
| 27 |  Mateus Carvalho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | 2002 | €1.4m |
| 28 |  Kartal Yılmaz | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye | Besiktas JK | 2000 | €2.6m |
| 29 |  Leighton Clarkson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Aberdeen FC | 2001 | €1.3m |
| 30 |  Satoshi Tanaka | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2002 | €1.3m |