AC Milan are continuing to explore two options on the new stadium front, and this has apparently annoyed San Donato.
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According to Calciomercato.com, the project to build a cutting-edge stadium in the San Siro area ‘has formally come back to life’. The council have expressed enthusiasm over reigniting the shared stadium idea and a first significant step has been taken by overcoming the obstacle of the restriction on the current stadium.
Milan and Inter will now await the evaluation of the Revenue Agency, which will arrive by 9/10 November, before formalising their respective interests in continuing with a project first spoken about in 2019.
AC Milan president Paolo Scaroni reiterated to Mayor Sala his interest in proceeding with the second phase, although he is aware that the designers will have to evaluate various aspects that could lead to critical issues.
Traffic, greenery and acoustic impact must be considered and only once these obstacles have been overcome will it be possible to deliver the updated project, with an accompanying economic framework that includes the purchase of the current San Siro and surrounding area.
Here Milan would find itself faced with a first deadline, namely whether to go ahead with the purchase of the San Siro stadium and land. The owners would like to make a definitive decision on which project to carry forward – either San Donato or San Siro – by next summer 2025.
The Mayor of San Donato has understandably been left a bit confused and requested an urgent meeting with the top management of Milan and the owners of the club in order to reach a clarification regarding the project in his area.
A telephone contact between Scaroni and Mayor Squeri took place at the end of last week. It was conversation that established two main points: the Rossoneri reiterated its intention to move forward with the San Donato project because of timing and having their own home (without having to share).
The second point is that relating to a meeting in person between Scaroni (or a RedBird manager) and Squeri to clarify the situation that has arisen in recent days. A date, we learn, has not yet been set but should arrive in conjunction with the Revenue Agency’s evaluation of the new San Siro, therefore within the first 10 days of November.
Milan have already invested a lot of money in the new facility in San Francesco in San Donato Milanese, but at this point it is necessary to make a definitive decision, choose a real plan A. The various internal meetings of the ownership in the last few days are going precisely in this direction.