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I would like to have a few second opinions about something I haven't found in the LLM Guidelines. I also do not recall it being discussed here - if I'm wrong, flame me at will, but first point towards the appropriate link, por favor.
So: The basic rule of scouting is that only those players your scout finds can be signed. Recently, however, I've been wondering about the following. Even as a foreign manager, you are aware of the call-ups to the U-19 and U-21 sides in the country you manage - here in Poland it is officially announced on the FA website and in the papers, so I guess everywhere else is the same. Now, if you know that such and such players have been called up to the U-19/U-21 national side, would it be ok to send your scout to have a look at them? Now, pre-empting the usual argument - I do not have doubts about the "reality factor" of this practice, just worried about it not being permitted by the guidelines.
Well, they're not, aren't they. But the national side does not get any coverage in the media anyways - unless you manage it, of course -, so it is an oversight on the part of the game rather than lack of profile. IRL it is common practice for lower tier clubs to buy U-19s and sometimes U-21s - in Poland U-19 you would have problems finding more than a couple of players from Division 1.
Thanx for not reading carefully... I do not have to ask - in my book it seems ok, as it mirrors real life far better than pretending that international football does not exist for lower leagues' managers. Currently I have three U-19 players in my team and I do not believe that IRL after their return from an international game the manager would simply note their presence in training, or that he would not follow the U-19 team game to see how well they played. I'm just interested in the rationale behind excluding this from the legit scout ativities.
Scouting U-19, U-21 National Side 
I do not have to ask - in my book it seems ok, as it mirrors real life far better than pretending that international football does not exist for lower leagues' managers. Currently I have three U-19 players in my team and I do not believe that IRL after their return from an international game the manager would simply note their presence in training, or that he would not follow the U-19 team game to see how well they played. I'm just interested in the rationale behind excluding this from the legit scout ativities.
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