yes, that's the main reason.
If you remember how the t.m. was last season (if you read this),
https://forum.topeleven.com/top-elev...how-works.html
there were managers who didn't make it to sell their players.
When the previous tm feature finished, it was near the end of the season so it wasn't interesting anyway.
So all those players who were in the "stock" of real teams, filled the t.m. giving no place for the nordgens.