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The San Siro situation continues to be entrenched with various difficulties which make AC Milan and Inter worried.
The new stadium project is proving to be, for all intents and purposes, a real soap opera. Mayor Sala continues to push for the sale of the current stadium, as do the two clubs, but at the moment nothing can be resolved.
As La Repubblica (via MilanPress) report, time is running out and everything must be completed by September. On November 10th, the second tier restriction will kick in due to its age, meaning it cannot be demolished and the plans of the clubs would be ruined.
Meanwhile, Milan and Inter are watching the situation unfold, aware of the difficulties. The positions within the City Council are not entirely ‘firm’, and there’s little certainty about what the Democratic Party will do with regards to the project.
However, the prosecutor’s office – which was already investigating the sale price and is currently holding the deciding factor – could resolve everything.
A landmark, but what next?
As Calciomercato.com report, San Siro actually turned 100 years old on Friday, as the first stone was laid on August 1, 1925. A colossal undertaking for the time, the inauguration took place on September 19, 1926. What does the future hold?
For some time, July 31st has been talked about as crucial and identified as the final date for completing the process of selling the Milanese stadium to Inter and Milan. Undoubtedly, recent events have changed the direction of the situation.
This has led to a further delay that is slowing down the operations of the Milanese clubs and bringing the November 10th deadline ever closer, the day the restriction on the second tier of San Siro will come into effect.
The two clubs and the Municipality of Milan have essentially managed to find an agreement and come within a whisker of reaching an agreement for the sale of San Siro and the surrounding areas for €197m – the figure established by the Revenue Agency.
However, the prosecutor’s office’s investigation into Milan’s urban planning (councillor Giancarlo Tancredi has resigned and the Milan Court’s investigating judge has ordered him to be placed under house arrest) and the surprising new appeals that could further slow things down.
The latest development, reported by La Verità, militates against Milan and Inter’s plans to purchase the San Siro area and renovate it. Specifically, the stadium may not be for sale as a document signed in 2000 designates San Siro as a public asset and part of the inalienable assets of the City of Milan.
This document, which is still in force, establishes that the stadium can be granted for use but not sold, unless its sporting functions cease or its public function is guaranteed. This new chapter extends the San Siro saga, while we wait for September’s council meeting given the summer recess.
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