Manchester City chief exec Ferran Soriano has rejected accusations over their mega spending after reaching the Champions League final.
City outclassed Real Madrid 4-0 last night to reach the final 5-1 on aggregate.
"Look, you only have to look at the investment in players in England in the last year, three years, five years we are never the club spending the most on players," Soriano told Movistar.
"There are many other clubs investing more money than us Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal.
"Saying that we've spent a lot of money and we won because of that is just not true."
Soriano continued: "The Champions League is a bit symbolic.
"We work every day for the Premier League, it's a very difficult tournament to win. If we do it this year, it will be the third in a row, five in six years.
"From my experience, I know that you cannot base all your strategy on winning the Champions League, because it depends on the draw, a bad day but yes, when we win it, which we will do one day, it will be something symbolic."