Also I didn't see any message from the current manager so I wanted to know if there was anything I missed
Naah, it's always been like this, for the most part.
You have nothing to prove (to me at least). Making the latter stages of the B3 (the final even) with salaries much lower than the opposition is more than good enough for me.
It's not what you have to say, it's what you have to show as achievements. If it was RL, I'd worry that you are waaay overqualified for the position, not the other way around.
