Same with the Mobile. I saw it right after it updated last night (I live in US). The higher fee for the 22-23 year olds while the older players are actually less (some in the 35 range).

The only reason to buy scout players is that they provide an instant 6, almost 7* player who can provide an instant upgrade without a lot of training and have a SA.

They are not long term solutions regardless of their age. I am only a 1st season player but adding a couple of them has helped me buy time to learn the game while winning. 16-1-0 54GF 2GA in league since I got the team to a 5* avg.

I doubt I will be using scout players in later seasons, though the ones I bought will be good players up to lvl 3 without training well. My ST is now a 7* and is getting about 1.5 g/a per game and my RM has 15A as a corner specialist so it isn't like they were useless.