I sincerely disagree with the notion that noone is trying. Since the economic update, we have been royally screwed over in our longterm planning and some teams have found themselves in an initial better position than others. I dont need to repeat the same argument from last year where TV contract revenue as well as merchandising was heavily nerfed, and Alonso simply doesnt care about Nations of Europe/Asia/Africa anyways.
We can barely save any money to stay competitive in this league, and in reality there's maybe 3 teams that are blatantly tanking per season. We are barely scraping by as it is.The argument doesnt hold up. Besides, me and other teams have other priorities as well. My focus since Season13 has always been the shape and training of my national team players
The 900k team (me) is a temporary circumstance before i shuffle my roster again, so realistically its 700k.
To keep this short, some teams are better than others, no shame in admitting that we cant reach that level yet. Enjoy your reign while it lasts