He was level 6, I'm level 4 ...
As far as I can tell, he only replaced one player (at least only one player who started in the past 6 cup games), so it wasn't scout buying or even FA buying (his 5*s would be 7* to me) ... and the initial jump from 35.8 to 40 took place within an hour before our first match ... then improved to 41.9 the night before the second leg. So, yeah, I'm pretty sure it was personal trainer.