Affiliate - Sharing Scouting Knowledge

[DMVian]

In my journeyman save, for the first time ever I took an Irish job: Sligo Rovers. I was getting turned down by EF League 2 and Vanarama sides even after taking semi-pro Alloa to a playoff loss short of the Scottish top flight, so I thought pro job in Ireland was some progress.

Having a great time of it, but scouting is confusing me. Sligo has an affiliate relationship with Everton that mentions merchandising and sharing scouting knowledge, which is part of the reason I took the job. Scouting the entire UK is prohibitively expensive for an Irish side, so the idea of getting an EPL's scouting network was great!

But when I search for players, it is only Irish players. I have seem to have no scouting knowledge beyond the League of Ireland. Do I need to pay for the UK or worldwide package to have the benefit of Everton's scouting? I've never been the smaller club in a scouting network affiliate setup, so this is new to me.