It does, Moi, because scout players (from the scouts' list) are relatively much slower trainers. While it can done for one particular player, it would be very expensive to do this for several players; it is simply not affordable for say 99% of users. So far, as it is in this game, I think the best way to have a 9 star player is to buy the close to 7 star, 19 year old player from the recommendations list and train him to 9 stars.