Manchester City technical director Mike Rigg admits the club will be more cautious in the transfer market after growing tired of being held to ransom by other club's who feel the richest club in the world will pay what it takes to get their man.
The problem the Blues are facing is that as soon as they make their interest in a player known, his value suddenly increases.
He told the Independent: "I will go into meetings with agents and the opening line is: 'Oh, you can have him for ?40m'.
"I'll say, 'What?! Where did you get that figure from?' Then it's: 'Yeah, but he's a good player and you're Manchester City. Everybody knows about Abu Dhabi'.
"We are trying to make them see that the answer to that has to be 'No' now."
Rigg added: "I'm sure we will do tier one signings when we can, where it works in the financial fair play model.
"But it's got out of control with every player you talk about costing you �40m or �50m. Things have changed. It's a different world we're in now."
City boss Roberto Mancini also appears to have bought into the new recruitment model.
The Italian said: "I don't think we need a lot of new players but it is difficult in the league if you do not have a big squad, so you can change six or seven players every game.
"If not, it is difficult to play in the Champions League."
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