According to this Marca article, Everton has reached an agreement with the brand Football Manager 2009, to take advantage of the more than 1000 scouts that have controlled over 20000 teams in 50 countries.
Well, I don't know how the scouts are in the rest of the word but I know how are the scouts that "theoretically" control the surroundings of San Sebastian (clubs like Real Sociedad, Eibar, Real Union, Beasain, etc). Those "scouts" are no more than well intended footie fans, that love that computer game, watch matches and give ratios accordingly.
I've seen profiles of players I disagree completely. Not to mention that IMHO you can't sum a player in several numbers like (passing, flair, stamina, etc), it's more complex than that.
I don't know you, but I'm shocked. I'd think it was a joke, but no, it's for real and apparently Everton has reached that agreement after outbidding other clubs!
Everton football people play too much football manager!!

P.S. Below the article, you can read comments in Spanish and even if you don't understand Spanish, you'll read many jajaja, which is hahaha, which means Everton is currentlya a laughing stock because of that