Harry Redknapp thinks Manchester City's relentless spending spree will not cease until they have won the Premier League title.
Redknapp saw his Tottenham team pip City to fourth place last year, but they are unlikely to achieve the same feat this season, having lost ground on their nearest rivals of late.
Anything but a win at Eastlands on Tuesday night will mean Tottenham's hopes of bringing Champions League football to White Hart Lane for a second successive season will be over, and Redknapp attributes the Lancastrians' success to the huge spending spree that began with Sheikh Mansour's takeover in September 2008.
The tycoon has parted with more than £300million to fund the signings of players like Carlos Tevez, David Silva and Yaya Toure, who have helped put the club in the FA Cup final and dragged them to the brink of playing in Europe's premier club competition next term.
With the carrot of dining at Europe's top table now all but assured, Redknapp predicts the club's spending spree will continue this summer.
The likes of Cesc Fabregas, Jack Wilshere, Tottenham's Gareth Bale, and a number of the continent's biggest stars have been linked with the club, and Redknapp has claimed that up to two players have already been signed up to help Roberto Mancini fight for European and domestic honours next year.
"The man from Abu Dhabi has got so much money, I mean, it isn't like money to him is it?" Redknapp said.
"That's the key. I know people in the right positions there (at City) who have said 'Well, the one thing we couldn't offer was Champions League football.'
"But they tell me they've got one or two players signed already who'll blow your brains out. I mean, that's where they're going.
"They aren't going to stop until they win the championship and even then the Champions League, are they?"
Redknapp's own team surpassed all expectations to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League this year and the 64-year-old thinks City will be good enough to go all the way in Europe next season and win the Barclays Premier League too.
"I think they will the Premier League in the next few years," Redknapp added.
"I think they can be a real force next year. They've got a strong squad which is only going to get better now, because they've got unlimited funds to buy anybody they want, and they can pay the wages.
"They've got players there now earning £200,000 a week. I mean, it's crazy, isn't it? It's another world really, isn't it?"
Redknapp admits there is little he, or most of the other managers in the league, can do to stop City dominating the transfer market.
When asked how he plans to challenge City's dominance, the former Portsmouth boss joked: "I have a long-term plan. I'm going to work hard with the under-nines.
"What can you do though?" he added. "I don't know. We'll have another go next year. "We've got good players here. It's hard but we are close this year."
Redknapp's hopes of upsetting the odds and beating Mancini's side took a blow on Monday when it was confirmed that Bale would miss the club's remaining three matches.
The Welshman ruptured an ankle ligament during Saturday's 1-1 draw against Blackpool but should be fit for pre-season training in July.
