i don't believe much in conspiracy theories. the problem is only our servers. i guess that you have easy cup games too. if you could see others teams servers you would be shocked. i have the same problem with you. but as i olso play my wife's team there i can buy plenty of 18-19 y.o. 5 stars on the verge to become scouts for a few tokens. there i don't have to buy scouts but i have a full scout team with average 19-20 y.o. nordeus must definitely fix the servers.
problem is i had those players 4* & some 5* for weeks just before i land huge tokens reserve
tbh my server has many scouts teams too.. one of people who was bidding had 4 teams with scouts in top5 ..
remember the game objective is to force us to spend more tokens