| 1 |  Santiago Cáseres | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | Without Club | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 2 |  Juan Ignacio Méndez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Chile | Instituto ACC | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 3 |  Yan Eteki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cameroon Spain | FC Noah Yerevan | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 4 |  Vyacheslav Yakimov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Fakel Voronezh | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 5 |  Abdoulaye Sissako | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Sint-Truidense VV | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 6 |  Amadou Diawara | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Guinea | CD Leganés | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 7 |  Min-woo Seo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Gangwon FC | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 8 |  Hamidou Traoré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | Sariyer | 1996 | €0.7m |
| 9 |  Bence Ötvös | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Hungary | Ferencvárosi TC | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 10 |  Gustavo Sangaré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Burkina Faso France | FC Noah Yerevan | 1996 | €0.7m |
| 11 |  Assane Dioussé | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | AJ Auxerre | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 12 |  Keanu Baccus | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Australia South Africa | St. Mirren FC | 1998 | €0.7m |
| 13 |  Martin Remacle | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | Korona Kielce | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 14 |  Darlan | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Wuhan Three Towns | 1998 | €0.8m |
| 15 |  Keiya Shiihashi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Nagoya Grampus | 1997 | €0.8m |
| 16 |  Carlo Sickinger | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | SV 07 Elversberg | 1997 | €0.8m |
| 17 |  Ufuk Akyol | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye Germany | Konyaspor | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 18 |  Tomoki Takamine | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 1997 | €0.7m |
| 19 |  Dong-hyeon Kim | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Gangwon FC | 1997 | €0.8m |
| 20 |  Giacomo Calò | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Italy | Frosinone Calcio | 1997 | €0.8m |
| 21 |  Daniel Stensson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Sweden | Djurgårdens IF | 1997 | €0.8m |
| 22 |  Amir Al-Ammari | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Iraq Sweden | Cracovia | 1997 | €0.6m |
| 23 |  Patryk Dziczek | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Poland | Piast Gliwice | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 24 |  Yuya Kuwasaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Vissel Kobe | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 25 |  João Gamboa | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Portugal | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1996 | €0.6m |
| 26 |  Lamine Fomba | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Servette FC | 1998 | €0.6m |
| 27 |  Rasmus Vinderslev | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | Sönderjyske Fodbold | 1997 | €0.8m |
| 28 |  Leonard Owusu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ghana | Fredrikstad FK | 1997 | €0.8m |
| 29 |  Matthias Verreth | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | SSC Bari | 1998 | €0.8m |
| 30 |  Paul Akouokou | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Real Zaragoza | 1997 | €0.8m |