Depends on your token budget. 35T players wouldn't be able to afford the luxury of a scout.
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A lot of this game is how you manage your tokens. I prefer to use mine to buy greens, because currently I can get young fast trainers, I also have access to a lot of videos & offers, and buy tokens as well. This is my preference on my main team. On my small teams I could never afford a scout. I have never bought one, but it doesn't mean that I won't. :D
It is just a matter of management.
If you buy a 5* fast trainer he will reach the scout level during 4 seasons, only doing training every day, then you probably can keep him for 2 seasons more, maybe more, depend of the rest of your squad.
If you buy 1 scout near the 7* star he can be in your Team the same 4 seasons, but because of age If you are not able to PT him, it will be dificult to keep is stars, so is life is Team will be shorter.
I am also level 7. I have no problem relating to salaries but I was referring to higher levels when finances come to be a burden. I have no scouts but 13 5* players, rest 4*s and 2 3*s. I have to pay 230K a day in wages, 140K I get from daily sponsors. Counting the match reward and if home match, the tickets, I am always in profit unless I buy a player that day. But this might be a prob later as I will need to play many friendlies for money, as JF said, which I am not playing now. I basically said this referring to the fact that my highest Q player, A 5* 53 Q gets 330K while scouts need 500K.