The Canberra A-League bid have been urged to publicly name their financial backers to help push their case as the next expansion team.

It can be revealed Canberra's investors are a major international sporting consortium that owns "household-name clubs" throughout Europe and the US.

Canberra A-League bid team leader Michael Caggiano. Jamila Toderas

FFA named Western Melbourne and Macarthur South West Sydney as the two A-Leagues expansion teams last week and singled out Canberra as the next in line.

Canberra bid leader Michael Caggiano and his team will meet with Football Federation Australia officials on Friday to further discuss their position.

There was a perception Canberra's bid was financially weak but Caggiano said everything is in place and emphasised the FFA wouldn't have continued the conversation otherwise.

"That’s an easy out for a lot of people to paint Canberra as a weak commercial proposition and we’re not," Caggiano said.

"The FFA have met our investors, they’ve been connected to them over the phone, they know who they are and what they bring.

"If we weren't a commercially attractive proposition or weren't sustainable then they wouldn’t have singled us out to keep talking to us.

"They see a deal of value on so many different levels on the investor group that we've brought to the table that it’s too good an opportunity to let it sit there.

"They’re attracted to what we put on the table and the attraction is so strong that it’s too much to walk away from.

"The promise [from the FFA] was Canberra had convinced them that we are absolutely a region for future expansion in the A-League.

"If they didn’t see us as a team in the A-League moving forward they wouldn't want to talk to us any more."

Canberra's backers are expected fly to Australia next month and meet FFA officials but the consortium wants to stay anonymous until they win a licence.

FFA deputy chair Heather Reid said Canberra went "very close" at the D-Day boarding meeting and encouraged the bid to name their backers.

"There was some nervousness from the backer to declare themselves unless the bid was successful so that’s a bit of a chicken and an egg thing, isn't it?" Reid said.

"There needs to be a clear understanding that the financial viability is not a risk and that the longer term sustainability can be assured.

"Canberra should hang in there, continue to work on their financial model, perhaps be more transparent about their financial backer because that is clearly something people want to know in terms of short-term viability and then of course the long-term sustainability of the licence.

"I’m really heartened that the FFA will meet with the Canberra bid team and they will get more information about what they need to do to make sure they’re in as the 13th or 14th club."