Urgency takes over, or? Latest on San Siro project [Bonus Article]
From a court ruling to political controversy, the San Siro saga continues to be a pain for Milan and Inter. The biggest question is whether urgency will prevail or not...
It’s been a while since I checked in on the stadium situation with all of you, and to tell the truth, I haven’t been keeping tabs on the latest developments either. I guess that comes down to the ‘developments’ being the same-old same-old; when one door opens, another is welded shut. Nevertheless, now actually feels like a good time to refresh our memories, with some actual progress made.
Just to take a few steps back, the Program Agreement (the process to secure all the necessary approvals) was officially put on hold by the San Donato council, awaiting further developments in San Siro from the Milan city council. A stadium project cannot be ruled out for the former area, as such, but it seems more likely that it will be used for a training facility of some sort.
There has even been talk of the first team moving from Milanello to a ‘state-of-the-art facility’ in San Donato, which would be gut-wrenching to say the least. I’m all for adopting modern training principles and methods, especially given our injury struggles over the years, but leaving Milanello would be a massive mistake. Hopefully, we’re just talking about a training facility for the youth team.
In a previous bonus, I discussed whether the €55m invested in San Donato should be seen as a waste by the Milan fans. It comes down to how you look at the matter, as it’s not Milan per se that invested the money, so I would recommend reading that article if you haven’t already. Switching from Milanello, however, would be enough for me to brand it a waste.
Enough about San Donato, though, as I want to focus on the San Siro project. With the Milan mayor Beppe Sala highlighting July 31st as a deadline of sorts, it's clear that we will need some concrete movement very soon. For now, however, it has remained much of the same - an unhappy opposition, slow negotiations between the clubs and the council, as well as an overall uncertainty.
