Former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, who is a known Milan fan wrote a letter to La Gazzetta dello Sport in which he asks for clarity from the Municipality of Milan and Mayor Giuseppe Sala regarding the new stadium construction:
"Dear Director,
Milan deserves the new stadium it will bring1.2 billion investments (capable of changing the face of the western part of the city), but if the prospect is that of an exhausting tug-of-war between the clubs and the mayor Beppe Sala... better run to Sesto San Giovanni where the administration has already given the green light and identified an ad hoc area (that of the former Falck) connected to the Duomo in just 15 minutes by metro. He would lose Milan and Inter and would end up with the Scala del Calcio without football but starving for millions every year for ordinary maintenance only (in addition to the non-collection of the rent, for an overall drain that would rise above 10 million.)
Sala says he has other things to think about besides the stadium, but in the triple role of political leader, fan and Milanese I remember that the city has established itself thanks to the culture of doing: City Life, Porta Nuova, Garibaldi-Repubblica are winning examples that they have bent the ideological No's of a certain left. Milan and Inter have foreign properties interested in investing in Italy: they rightly demand clarity and certain times in order not to see the same bad film broadcast for the Roma stadium. Milan is an international, ambitious, courageous and modern city: you can confirm that you are also an international city inside Palazzo Marino.
A new stadium, with the reconstruction of the San Siro area and avoiding the total cancellation of the Meazza, is an opportunity to be seized. Milan is in a hurry and its great teams too.
Juventus, in Italy, confirmed how decisive a proprietary stadium is to improve revenues and therefore sports results. Abroad, it is widely believed that in our country it is difficult to invest and impossible to realize. Milan cannot confirm this trend. These days we are witnessing a sort of grand final on the future of the city and its football: it would be in everyone's interest to win this match, time is running out but the mayor attacks Milan and Inter."
