I actually disagree with this, since Brexit the work permit rules changed and made the game more difficult to manage in England, especially in the championship and below, you basically have a squad full of only british players. Where as in past editions you could get cheap brazilians and such just because they had half portuguese nationality etc. On newer versions you'll never be able to buy a brazilian winger for 150k because they'll not get a work permit.
I'm currently in Sky bet league one, (i am top of the league though) but all of my squad are british, they were bought mostly from league one down to the vanarama and some from ireland and scotland. on FM15 etc you'd get a full first 11 of quality players on free transfers every season.