THE’Inter wait for the Milanwho were previously waiting for Inter, both fear the long waiting times of Beppe Sala and his team. More than a tongue twister, it’s a Mexican standoff. The two clubs and the municipality of Milan confront each other and chase each other, in the long game that will decide the future of the new stadium, or new stadiums.
For the Rossoneri, San Donato Milanese remains the main road at the moment, even after the possibility of a shared facility at San Siro was reopened. President Paolo Scaroni reiterated this yesterday, received by the mayor of the Milanese hinterland municipality. The same expression of interest, filed in recent days and which led to the knowledge of the price – 197 million euros – for the purchase of the Meazza and the adjacent areas, is not a binding act, but presents a series of requests for clarification advanced by the companies, who have no desire to waste any more time. There is not, and for now it is not certain there will soon be, that guarantee that Sala has asked for some time: the abandonment of the respective alternative plans, Rozzano for Inter and San Donato for Milan.
Since this story began, moreover, the clubs have been traveling at different speeds. Inter today is ready to focus on San Siro: with the arrival of Oaktree, ownership of the stadium – which according to some studies would guarantee each club at least 100 million euros more to spend on the market – is the absolute priority. Sala himself says between the lines what has changed: “As an Inter fan, I respect Steven Zhang a lot, he lost some money, but today there is a stable and determined ownership – said the Milanese mayor – it was the teams , especially Milan, to choose other paths and we are there waiting.”
However, the alternative routes, as Sala defines them, are not at the same point. For the Nerazzurri, stuck with the exclusivity on the Cabassi area which expires in January 2025, reversing is not that complicated. For the Rossoneri, yes: they have acquired the land and also made progress on the bureaucratic aspects. Not that everything is rosy in San Donato – traffic, for example, is an issue – but it is a much more concrete project than the recently reopened and still smoky San Siro. Sala’s story, on the other hand, is a news story but not a historical one: Milan threw themselves into San Donato due to the cumbersome Milanese political process – just think of the La Maura case – and due to the paralysis, now overcome, of the ‘Inter at the end of the Zhang era. Now, what is holding RedBird back from putting all their chips on San Siro is not only the economic issue – although relevant, so far it has set aside 55 million euros for the operation – because from home Milan, to seriously free themselves from San Donato, they want guarantees on All. On the constraint of the second ring: it would become lighter with the passage into private hands, but it is not yet clear what this entails. Above all, on the timing and on the absence of new ostracisms from the Milanese political debate. The potential delays relating to the new public tender and the many political difficulties recorded in the past worry the Rossoneri club, which certainly does not discard the San Siro hypothesis: it is the most natural, the most fascinating and could also be the most convenient, given that the The investment would be split in half. But he wants to see clearly before abandoning the certain – or almost certain – for the uncertain.