I have enjoyed your Poland save, so I am glad it is continuing for now.
Option 1 would be my preference, and in France in particular. There are lots of 'stories' in lower league France you could try as options for youth only - a Bordeaux rebuild (although that will be popular in FM25 I feel), or perhaps a team like Aviron Bayonnais who bring through Basque players, or perhaps a team from Corsica trying to take on the 'mainland'?
I am currently doing an FM24 save which is in the bucket of option 2 - a regional journeyman in the Balkan/South East Europe area. I started in the Kosovan 4th tier, then moved to the Kosovan 2nd tier and after getting promotion and winning the cup I was poached by Cibilia in the Croatian 2nd tier. I have also considered a few other similar regional journeyman saves, like in the Nordics, or Benelux or countries around the Mediterranean or so on. It also saves my computer a bit by loading leagues in those regions and not taxing it too much more.