Milan technical director Paolo Maldini believes that the two Milanese clubs need to leave the San Siro in order to return to the top.
The two clubs are set to move to a new stadium, known as the Cathedral, which will be built by stadium experts Populous, leaving their historic San Siro home in the coming years.
Speaking in an interview with Sette, Maldini first discussed the increasingly likely move from the San Siro, saying “I believe and hope that it may be so. It makes an impression, I realise that. Me too. My father played there, I played there, my son plays there. It’s been my home. If we’re talking about memories, who more than me could feel hurt by such a momentous change?
“If we want Milan and Inter to return to the top levels of European football, writing such beautiful pages as those of the San Siro, we can only have a new stadium. There are no alternatives. This is not an opinion, it’s a certainty. I don’t want to erase a wonderful past. It’s just that I like to look ahead. It’s the idea of my life.”