Newly-promoted Serie B club set to join a portfolio that features 10 other clubs around the world including MLS side New York City FC, APA reports citing GOAL.
Manchester City's owners are close to completing a deal to buy Italian club, Palermo.
The City Football Group (CFG) have held talks with the Serie B club about becoming the 11th club in their portfolio.
Palermo has had financial difficulties in recent years and went bankrupt in 2019 before being reformed as a phoenix club in the fourth-tier of Italian football.