AC Milan president Paolo Scaroni has done a U-turn on previous comments, now claiming that a ‘new San Siro’ stadium is the main plan.
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Scaroni spoke to Radio TV Serie A with Rds as part of the Goal Economy program to take stock of the current situation for the Rossoneri, and his comments were relayed by Calciomercato.com.
Where is Serie A at as a league?
“In 20 years, Serie A has lost some ground, it has not kept pace with the growth of other European leagues and in particular the English one. At the time it was the point of reference, today the point of reference is the English league and, if anything, the cups.
“Serie A has dropped in terms of attractiveness on a global level. Just think of the difference in television revenue with us, who collect no more than 200 million a year.”
How important is it to balance revenues and costs?
“Financial sustainability is not a choice, it is mandatory. If you don’t have this, UEFA penalises you and it is the premise for future success. Through financial sustainability, we are the ones who have invested the most. Then everyone can say that the results are seen and not seen, because in the end that is what counts.”
Milan have chosen to invest in youth…
“On the one hand, through Milan Futuro we are making a bet on young people and it costs us several million and we are convinced that it is worth it. Then not all plans bring results in the short term. We are here to win, then not everything succeeds, but I tell the fans to have faith because we are here to win every match.”
What can you tell us about the stadium project?
“The project we are working on today is the twin project of the 2018 project. Six years have passed and nothing has happened. In these years the citizens’ vision has also changed and politicians usually want to be elected.
“It’s not that San Siro is iconic, Inter and Milan are iconic, have you ever seen a modern stadium? The perception has also changed thanks to the fact that when they see modern stadiums on TV, people realise the objects we have here.
“The Milanese citizens have realised that the stadium where they watched matches with their dad and grandpa is beautiful, for goodness sake, but it is no longer functional.”
What about San Donato?
“The San Donato plan has become Plan B since the Superintendency eliminated the constraint on the construction of the new stadium next to the Meazza to be demolished.
“I thank the mayor, now a different process has started because the two clubs now have to buy the stadium, the land next to the stadium, obtain building permits and so on. We have to make a contract to ensure that everything is perfect because the impact will be significant, but I am optimistic.”
The words are in sharp contrast to those that Scaroni uttered just a few weeks ago in which he stated that San Donato is the number one opportunity, and he even reassured the mayor of the region who had become concerned.
Another shared stadium for a ‘top club’?
RedBird is dumb, broke and literally no idea on how to take us forward…
He was previously proudly mentioning he was called stadioni now I guess it must be fraudiloni but guess this now goes for all of of our management.
HELP PLEASE; Simple Question – I keep up to date with the stadiums saga however, why are We not exploring buying & fully restoring San Siro (minus int*r of course)?
There’s no way that it ISN’T the cheapest option of all.
I never seem to see that option in anything & everything I read on this saga.
Many thanks in advance tutti. Forza Milan. Sempre.
The reason being, though many don’t like to admit it is that redturd have “experience” building stadia.
What this really means is they can make a fortune out of the construction project and saddle the club with the debt.
This is why they bought Milan and haven’t yet paid for it
Otherwise yes renovating San Siro is cheaper. WeBuild put together a proposal that cost about 300m
Plus the city of Milan is willing to sell it to them.
But hey if you can award your own contruction company a 1.5 billion contract to build a new stadium, there is more money in it
I take it back – I forgot all about the WeBuild proposal 🤦🏽♂️
Grazie mille @SJF! Anche, you’re correct – ultimately Red Bird only went to build the new stadium to line their pockets, not Ours 👎🏽
This management had ONE thing to do. ONE thing that would begin to make up for their absolute mediocrity. And they failed miserably. This management is the absolute worst. They inherited a championship team and destroyed us in two seasons and no stadium of our as they promised. Disgusting.
San Donato is not going to manifest hahahaha. What a competent management.
LOLOLOLO
More EMPTY PROMISES from Redbird
When will the Redbird Lovers get it 🤡🤡🤡 -ALWAYS TAKING THE CHEAPER way out
Not surpassing tho – they can’t even pay Elliot interest on that 600m l loan so they aren’t going to go more in debt with a brand new stadium we own outright for a billion.
I recall the Redbird Lovers saying – “well they wouldn’t have spent 40M on the San Donato land OF they didn’t plan to build a stadium”???Hahahahaha! Learn about finance and real estate investments kids before you speak🤡
All lies and PR stuns. How sad of a club we have become under these a$$ 🤡’s Redbird
What was once so promising just 2 seasons ago, after a decade of disappointment – GONE