I have the same Problem. I play with Wisla Krakow in the first polish league in the third year. At the end of the first year i had 4 Scouts and suddenly the board reduces them to 0. Now, with 15 Million € on the Bank account, the board increases the Assitantmanagers from 7 to 11, but Scouts are still 0. The only thing i can do is to renew the contracts of the current scouts, but they are so bad, that i don't want to do that.