Bayern Munich's honorary president Uli Hoeness has revealed Manchester City offered 160m for Harry Kane last year.
Bayern have been linked with the Tottenham striker this season.
Hoeness told Sky Deutschland: "There is nothing above my desk. I am one of the nine members of the supervisory board who have a say in the executive board when it comes to large expenditures of more than 25m and I have expressed my personal private opinion here.
"I can imagine that one day a player will come and go to Bayern, who can cost about 100m, but I expressed my opinion in particular on the Kane case, he is almost 30 years old and last year Tottenham rejected Manchester City's offer of 160m, so I said that in this case, it would be fantastic if Bayern came close to such a transfer.
"However I am one of the nine members and if I say not to buy him and the other eight say he will be purchased, then he will be purchased. That's how it is in a democracy."