Rukus i can only say one thing... THANK YOU!
Thank you for showing us your way of playing the MM (which rocks!) and for your VERY helpful and thorough reply!
Just so you know, we made a list of all the teams in relation to their rating and the manager prestige. So, for example, any team of half a star rating is for managers of 1/10 prestige, any team of 3 and a half stars is for mangers of 7/10 prestige and so on! At the end of each season, according to what is the manager's prestige we look at the list to see which group of teams is applicable to us. Then we make a lottery that draws 4 teams from all the rest (usually using Excel or some site on the net) and these are the (fake) "offers" we get. If we like any of them 4 we accept and move on. If not we stay put. That is what I meant in my earlier post when i wrote of "fake" offers!
Hope you like our little idea. It has some flaws, such as the teams' dynamic usually changes each year so some can argue that Real Madrid (as in your Manager Mode for example) won't be the same powerful team as it is right now 10 seasons later! But it's also about Team Prestige as well. Barca, Madrid, Man U, Liverpool and other 5 stars teams are also Teams with enormous Prestige in Worldwide Football History! They will always be the top teams the managers prefer to coach...
Anyway once again thanks for your help buddy! I will continue to make the best of this Manager Mode (with tweaks here and there...lol) until FIFA 10 comes out and hopefully realise the dreams we have for playing the most realistic Managerial/Player Career we can!