This has been around since quit a long time. You get a good market, you disconnect and reconnect, you get a bad one, and sometimes you are stuck with it long enough (time takes you to get the good list back) that many of the good players that were in the good list are gone (sold or time over).
On some days, you don't get the good list at all. First time you check the market, you get the 3 or 4 star nordgens list, and you are stuck with that type of list long enough again that you will more likely miss the good players in the other list that was not allocated to you at first.
The ways some things function in this game are annoying, frustrating and unfair, and lately, this game has become even more frustrating. What you experienced is very unlikely not to be a bug. It was programmed this way.
Like Nik said, disconnecting and reconnecting does not work as such. Sometimes you may get the list back after say 5-6 disconnections and re-connections, which by that time, many of the 5-star players in it have gone, and you will see like a few 5-star nordgens left when you finally get the list. Sometimes, you just don't get the list at all even after trying for several times.
For several seasons, I have not been getting a good list on the first day. Sometimes, I have gone like 5 days or even more without getting a good list. Also, it seems that the quantity of good players generated have been reduced. It is not about the level as such as this was during around levels 7-10.
Twice I sent Moi a message asking him why the market is so poor. In one season, I bought tokens and I used part of the amount to make a club money investment, but then, for like 1-2 weeks, the good players don't appear for me to buy. Very annoying. It is also very unfair that others got the good list and are buying, and you not.