Giovanni van Bronckhorst is being lined up for a future role inside the City Football Group, with New York City FC a potential long-term destination.
The former Netherlands international has been spending time at Manchester City in recent weeks, working with coaches and gaining an understanding of how the organisation works.
Van Bronckhorst, 44, left his role as manager of Dutch side Feyenoord at the end of last season after four years in charge, and had been planning to take a year's sabbatical from football.
But he has since been spending time at City’s Etihad Campus and will visit a number of clubs inside the CFG, which includes New York City in the United States.