Wolfsburg will adapt their transfer policy in the aftermath of the emissions scandal that has engulfed parent company Volkswagen, sporting executive Klaus Allofs said.

The Bundesliga club are a 100 percent subsidiary of the German car manufacturer, which has been hit by a scandal over falsified United States emissions tests.

"We can't plan our transfer policy in a way that is detached form the overall situation," Allofs told German sports weekly Sport Bild.

"Although we won't take the next financial step now, we will continue on the path we have taken."

Sport Bild said Wolfsburg and VW had agreed to back off from big-money deals like the signings of Andre Schurrle and Julian Draxler, who each joined for fees of more than €30 million.

But Allofs said the crisis did not affect long-term plans to "permanently play in Champions League and become the second power in Bundesliga."