It was announced yesterday that San Siro will no longer host the 2027 Champions League final as originally planned, and the Mayor Giuseppe Sala has responded to the news.
In their statement, UEFA confirmed the decision was because the Council of Milan are unable to guarantee that the San Siro stadium and the surrounding areas would not be affected by renovation work during the period of the final in question, amid their attempts to get Milan and Inter to stay and renovate it.
Sala spoke to Il Giornale at an event called ‘La Grande Milano: Dimensione Smart City’ and he was asked about the decision taken by UEFA not to award the 2027 Champions League final to Milan, due to the uncertainty surrounding the stadium issue.
“I myself spoke to UEFA, because if they ask for a guarantee that there will be no work at San Siro, how can I give it? Pragmatically, there was no other way. Unless someone takes the responsibility of saying that it is impossible for there to be work there,” he said (via Calciomercato.com).
“But this would negate the path we are taking with Inter and Milan. After that, everything will depend on the path we are taking with the teams and we are working on this.”
Sala spoke about the rental contract between the Council, Inter and Milan for the San Siro stadium: “It has an expiry date of June 2030 and so it is clear that if they do not want to stay there they cannot assume that we will renew it for them.”
He concluded by warning the clubs that if they decide to build their stadiums in San Donato and Rozzano then they would have to get them done by the end of the rental contract period.
“They should be sure to have them ready for that date because we cannot be left holding the baby, but we must try to sell San Siro to the big concert promoters. Also because otherwise we could cause damage to a community asset, but if they want to renovate it, we are all happy.”
Like the council wouldn’t agree to extend the contract for as long as needed.
Let’s pretend we can piss off all the football fans in the city + decrease significantly the tourist income in match days.
Just so we show how ballsy the mayor is…
Desperate person with desperate statement. They only rent it, he obligation to maintain probably fall to the tenants inside the rent period, but the renovation is the obligation of the owner. Tenants can renovate if they want, but they only obligated to maintain the status quo, no more than that.
What a clown
Leftist, marxist, anti-development, “green” agenda fanatic. All supporters of Milan and Inter must vote against this clown and his party at next election.
Most people don’t care about football. San Siro belongs to the city of Milan and its taxpayers and Sala has a responsibility to represent their best interest. If both teams don’t want San Siro, then it should be sold as it won’t be of any use and that money will go the municipality’s budget. Or you can run for mayor with the creed « More stadiums for a better future » and see how many votes you get.
Intimidating SOB
The mouth diarrhea will never end from this mayor dude.
Honestly, I am tired and frustrated by this stadium issue.
The power trip is strong in this one. Both team offered to buy it from you. You refused then, you wanted blackmail them to remodel the stadium and when you realized it complicated you’re trying to play strong hands about the original plan except that you’re trying to argue that you have other buyers and they need to vacate when time comes. Sala is bringing shame to a beautiful city and expose Italian politics. I’m surprised he’s still doing conferences and not ashamed of himself