The 2013 WSBK champion has been weighing up his options ever since losing his works BMW ride to Scott Redding at the end of last season.
Speaking after his final races for BMW, the 36-year-old had identified a return to BSB or a switch to MotoAmerica as his main options for 2022.
It subsequently emerged that satellite Kawasaki outfit Pedercini had also held talks with Sykes as it sought to firm up its 2022 plans.
However, those discussions are believed to have concluded without an agreement amid sponsor trouble, while the MotoAmerica vacancy with the HSBK Warhorse Ducati team has now gone to ex-MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci.
That leaves a move to BSB as the only remaining realistic option for Sykes, who is now set to reunite with Paul Bird Motorsport for his first campaign in the domestic series since 2008.
Sykes last rode for PBM back in 2010-11, when the British outfit ran the factory Kawasaki effort prior to the contract being handed to Provec Racing in 2012.
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