Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has opened the door to a big spending summer.
City are on the hunt for Sergio Aguero's replacement and identified Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland as their top target earlier in the season.
Guardiola has talked openly about the financial demands being placed on them by selling clubs but suggested for the first time on Monday that City could break the £62million record spent on Ruben Dias.
"So far, the club has decided not to spend close to £100m for a player," Guardiola said on the eve of meeting Dortmund.
"Maybe in the future it will happen when the club decides it is necessary to improve the team for the next five to 10 years. The organisation has so far decided not to and that is why we haven't. Maybe in the future.
"Spending a lot of money on one player doesn't give you an advantage to win. Football is a team game, everyone makes a contribution. Competitions are not won by one player, it is every player."
