Unfriendly Manager Career Mode

Like every player, I have my favorite clubs that I try to play every year. This year, it’s more difficult; the game has twice denied me the chance to be a manager the only club I had on my watchlist—the second time, even after I had already achieved significant success in my career. Meanwhile, early on—when I was still an "inexperienced" manager—I was receiving offers from top clubs. It just doesn't make any sense. Why does the game make it so hard to be a manager of favorite clubs, especially when it surely "remembers" which teams I’ve played in previous editions?