Pep Guardiola will reportedly be handed a huge transfer warchest to conduct business with in the January window after making minimal summer investment, according to reports.
The City boss only likes to invest on players he believe can make a difference in his team that has dominated the English top-flight across the past decade and won the Champions League just last year.
A brilliant start to the new season led by Erling Haaland's back-to-back hattricks in dominant victories over Ipswich and West Ham left City top of the Premier League standings heading into the international break.
Rivals can now expect City to heap more misery on them, with club chiefs deciding to give Guardiola a £100m budget to spend in the short January window - a month that often see's less action than the summer, as revealed by The Sun.
Man City boss Pep Guardiola will reportedly be handed a huge transfer warchest to conduct business with in the January window
That money could be spent on bringing in another star signing for the same cost that was previously spent on their investment in Jack Grealish when he joined from Aston Villa three-years ago which broke the then-British transfer record.
Another option could see them opt to pad out their squad with investment in players boasting future potential which is what they did with the former recruitment of Belgian talent Jeremy Doku.
Julian Alvarez's decision to cut short his time at City and join Atletico Madrid in an £81m deal is regretted by Guardiola who wanted to keep the Argentine striker at the club.
Bringing in another centre-forward would likely provide some more rest time for Haaland - who is now City's only recognised senior first-team striker.
Any injury to the Norwegian would leave Guardiola either needing to promote one of the club's academy bright sparks into the demanding role or playing one of his other stars out of position.
City have previously held interest in German talents Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz, however, both attackers are unlikely to leave their current teams midway through the season.