tbh i dominated league 1 & 2 without any scout
bought my first scout at league 3 bcz there was a team with scouts player in my league
i bought 4 Scouts overall in last 4 seasons.. and now i rather PT 18yo and turn them into scouts for longer once you PT them , they are more cost effective than PT a scout, well that is what am testing right now .. have all my 18 & 19 yo scouts now . my plan is to make them 7* and then leave them and see how much they can remain as scouts afterwards only by training and match gained skills without PT
i only buy now scouts, if i seen AMR/MR/DMR type of players in the list bcz it give me alot of flexibility during a match, the rest can be done by PT 18yo players