if you don't have token, how you 'll take the players ?
A good method is not to sign the contracts of your players for this season.
If you don't have 14 players with contracts at the beginning of the new season, the game 'll give you some 3* veteran players to start the new league.
After that, sign the contracts of your players and with that "poor" roster (and saving your token), try to promote to next league and Super league (with a good coaching of course) .