Scaroni now ‘confident’ Milan and Inter will build ‘most beautiful stadium in Europe’

Paolo Scaroni believes that AC Milan and Inter are on the ‘home stretch’ when it comes to building the ‘most beautiful stadium in Europe’.

Milan head into tonight’s Coppa Italia match on a good run of form having won three games on the spin in the league, without conceding a goal in any of them. When adding the Coppa Italia victory against Bari last month, that makes four clean sheets out of five under Massimiliano Allegri.

Allegri has gone for six changes to the starting line-up from the team that won 3-0 against Udinese at the weekend. There is some rotation, therefore, but at the same time the likes of Mike Maignan, Fikayo Tomori, Strahinja Pavlovic and Adrien Rabiot are there.

The intriguing aspect is those who are yet to start a game for Milan, namely Koni De Winter and Christopher Nkunku. Samuele Ricci is also in the regista role, making his first start since that round of 62 win over Bari.

Presidential confidence

Scaroni gave an interview to Mediaset before the game against Lecce and rather than focusing on the fixture he spoke more about the San Siro news. MilanPress relayed his comments.

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How do you feel after the news recently?

“Great optimism and great confidence in politics in this case because the City Council will have to launch the operation. It’s a topic I’ve been working on for many years, at least 4 or 5. I feel like we’re on the home stretch, and I’m confident we’ll get there.

“I’m confident because ultimately, we need a new stadium for Milan, Inter, Milano and international competitions. I can’t imagine Milan not having a stadium where we can host cups, national teams, and everything else UEFA requires of us, in addition to Milan and Inter.”

What can you tell us about the architectural firms that will be responsible for the design?

“I’ve always said I want to build the most beautiful stadium in Europe in Milan; we want a stunning stadium. To achieve this, we’ve chosen the best of international architecture: Norman Foster and MANICA.

“The former is a global architectural icon. They’ve already worked on stadiums. Norman Foster is responsible for the new Wembley, the temple of football, after demolishing the old one and creating a marvellous facility.”