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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Nicky Bandini

Breathtaking San Siro faces end as Inter and Milan try to keep up with modern game

A view outside San Siro
Uefa stripped San Siro of its hosting rights for the 2027 Champions League final last year. Photograph: Daniele Mascolo/Reuters

A protester outside held a sign insisting “San Siro belongs to the citizens” but Milan’s city council was about to change all that, voting to sell one of the world’s most famous football stadiums to tenants who plan to tear it down. Milan have played home games at what is officially the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza since 1926. Inter moved in with them 21 years later. They propose to build a shared home on the same grounds.

It has been a long time coming. The clubs announced joint plans for a new stadium as long ago as June 2019, with an intention to complete work within three years. International architecture firms were consulted and designs made public, but they never progressed out of this first phase.

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