Repubblica: Milan set to ‘abandon’ San Donato project despite €55m investment | OneFootball

With AC Milan planning to remain at San Siro with Inter, the Rossoneri are set to abandon the San Donato project, which will certainly come as a frustration.

The San Donato project never really left the opening stage of development, and despite the land being purchased and other admin and clearance work taking place, the first steps had not been taken with Milan umming and arring about the decision.

For some time, it seemed that the Rossoneri were favouring a move away from San Siro, but this has now seemingly changed. A report this afternoon has claimed that the club are preparing a joint bid for San Siro with Inter and by the summer, the two clubs could own the stadium.

As a result of this, the Diavolo would ‘abandon’ the San Donato project – something which would also be mirrored by Inter with their San Rozzano project – permitting that the council accepts the proposal of the clubs.

The initial admission of interest sent to the council had a San Donato clause attached, which had caused frustrations. So the turnaround is certainly a shock, considering how much has already been invested in the project.

Nevertheless, with the project set to cost less than €200 million for each team, it is significantly (and there is heavy emphasis on that) less than a new stadium would cost, with initial suggestions about the San Donato project being priced around the €1.3 billion mark.