Western Sydney Wanderers are close to calling ANZ Stadium home for the next two years with the two parties nearing a deal for games to be played at Sydney Olympic Park.

Fairfax Media understands the club has proposed to play its high-profile fixtures at the 83,000-capacity ground beginning with its derby match against Sydney FC as early as this October. Having been forced to relocate from their regular home ground at Parramatta due to renovations at Pirtek Stadium which will start later this year, the Wanderers are in advanced negotiations to make ANZ Stadium one of their regular home grounds during the period.

Sources suggest a deal to play the clubs' two home derbies against Sydney FC next season at the largest venue in the city is in the works. That would give the Wanderers a chance to break the record attendance for a domestic club football match in Australia. Calls for the Sydney derby to be moved to ANZ Stadium have been made since the start of the rivalry in 2012 with demand exceeding supply of tickets. Nine of the 10 matches between the two clubs have been played in front of sell-out crowds which prompted Football Federation Australia to explore the possibility of moving the games to the Olympic venue.

Members of both clubs have long been opposed to playing games at the larger venue but the Wanderers' forced relocation gives the club little option other than to explore this possibility. While it may not be popular with its core supporters, any move will yield a significant financial return for the club with a share of gate revenue to the sum of $500,000 on offer for every match that would draw a significant attendance.