Hoffenheim have hardly any money in the first season (1.7m I think), so you might want to look elsewhere, although you could do what I'm doing: use the editor to give them a starting budget of about £8m. I know it's 'cheating' but it makes the game so much more fun...
They're in the German league, and when I tried to start a game with them they had a 1.7m starting budget :/ That was on 11.1 patch, would it be higher on 11.2/3?
Had a brilliant save with Burnley which lasted a few seasons (did the treble in my second season in the Prem) but got bored and have found it hard to get into another game ever since...
League: Preferably not England, looking at Germany/Portugal/Holland but open to suggestions from elsewhere...