I can't say I'm happy about the removal of international management, even if it's for a single year. International management does need improvements (and has done for over a decade now), but even relatively simple things like introducing the same training system as club sides during the international window would be an improvement.
One thing I've clearly read differently than most people is (my emphasis below):
Only 5.6% of all PC saves have used international management, not 5.6% of players.
When Create-a-Club was announced as being dropped in the previous update, it was worded as (again, my emphasis):
That suggests 5% of all people who've played FM24 used Create-a-Club.
The terminology regarding international management, to me, implies if someone has five save games in a year and one of them involves international management, they'd be counted as five total saves and one international save, not as one person out of those who've played the game who's used the international management feature.
It suggests the number of players who have used international management at some point in FM24 is a lot higher than 5.6%.