Having been sacked by Ray Ranson on Monday, the former City boss has according to the News Of The World, already had a secret meeting with Milan Mandaric about the role currently done by Ian Holloway.
Dowie, almost went to Leicester at the end of October but was persuaded to stay at City who agreed to pay his court costs against Simon Jordan for him, and is also in the running for the Southampton job.
His backroom entourage are expected to follow him when their City contracts are paid up.