Inter And Milan they say no to the renovation of the Meazza, they accept the idea of sharing a new stadium and doing it in the San Siro area, under certain conditions. Three, specifically, and the mayor of Milan listed them after this morning’s meeting Beppe Hall. Who, for his part, has only posed one, even if not yet formally: that the two clubs definitively abandon the plans – be they A, B or C – linked respectively to Rozzano and San Donato.
Back to the past. In fact, Sala also admitted, the debate on San Siro goes back five years. Wasted time? Substantially yes, although the mayor recalled that along the way some formal steps were carried out that were in any case necessary and also recalled that both clubs have changed ownership. An unequivocal fact, but at the same time the main interlocutors of the Municipality – the corporate CEO Alessandro Antonello for Inter and the president Paolo Scaroni, absent today, for Milan – are the same, today as yesterday.
Next steps. They will have to be quick, Sala clarified. A meeting with the Superintendency is scheduled for next week, to understand the limits of the restriction on the second ring of the Meazza, which will start in 2025 and will make the facility untouchable. To what extent? This is precisely the aspect – curious that it hasn’t already happened in five years – that the Municipality and the two clubs want to understand: the certainty is that the stadium cannot be demolished, but the restriction might not prevent some structural changes, in a facility that is at that point private, in order to make it functional for something else. What, no one knows. Subsequently, Sala is waiting for a project relating specifically to the future of the Meazza so as not to make it a cathedral in the desert, while the clubs are waiting for the Revenue Agency to establish the price of the stadium and the surrounding land: the concession would have reduced costs, but would give less freedom on the subject of the restriction.
And the Champions League final? UEFA is waiting, the assignment to Milan of the final act of the top continental competition is expected for 2027, provided that there is a stadium to play it. September 24, the day of the UEFA executive committee that will have to ratify Milan’s renunciation, is the date highlightwithin which Nyon officially awaits information on the matter from the FIGC. Which, at this point, will not be able to provide any kind of certainty. What is filtering out from the Municipality is that everything will depend on the timing, which appears to be very tight. With a pinch of realism, there are two solutions left: either UEFA will give it time – very unlikely – or Milan will definitively and officially say goodbye to the Champions League final, which at that point could end up as a dowry for the Olimpico in Rome. But also abroad.