‘The Council cannot take part’ – Mayor Sala presents obstacle to Milan and Inter stadium plan | OneFootball

In a rather predictable development, the first roadblock seems to have appeared in AC Milan and Inter’s quest to build a new stadium.

It has been a busy few days on the new stadium front, with the most important bit of news being that the two Milanese clubs have submitted an offer to buy the current stadium and the surrounding area, to build a new modern home. Our Substack bonus article will help you catch up on all the key news.

As Calciomercato.com write, the issue of the new stadium in the area of ​​the current San Siro continues to be a hot topic and the mayor of Milan – Giuseppe Sala – has provided a new update on the project for the facility. Below are his statements reported by Il Giornale.

“I continue to be in favour of the project. We will enforce the rules. Completely. With respect to the economic value, if and when Milan and Inter buy the stadium, the renovation and demolition will be their responsibility,” he said.

“The Council cannot take part in those costs. The cleanup costs can be negotiated. Today we do not know what is underneath, we hope that the cleanups will not be very significant because it is not an area with a great industrial history. I am not very worried.

“Compared to the initial intentions, the new stadium will have more than 70 thousand seats and the 50% green area constraint is respected.

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“Will part of the old facility be preserved? It is a compromise between the initial request of the teams and that of the superintendency. We also had a discussion on this hypothesis with the Minister of Culture Giuli and at the table they declared themselves satisfied”.”

We recall that in the expression of interest that the teams sent to the Council it is reported that the costs of demolition, removal of artifacts and reclamation are discounted from the overall €197m of the sale, as estimated by the Revenue Agency.

Those costs – according to some calculations already emerged in the public debate – amount to €80m, more than the value of the current stadium (€73m). The Mayor of Milan has thus reiterated that the Council has no intention of paying the costs of demolition and renovation.

Now we will have to understand how Milan and Inter intend to move in the face of this new scenario. Negotiations over costs and the ‘No Stadio’ protest movement risk slowing down the entire process and causing new obstacles.