On the next page, I have last season's 3rd place CL trophy and 2nd place league trophy.
All done without spending a single cent on the game, working on a budget of 35 tokens per season, and about 20 extra tokens recently from watching videos, which I spent on redoing my club name, logo and stadium name anyway.
You're right that you'll meet teams with some scouts, but it's possible to beat them with good counter attacking tactics.