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Meanwhile in Milan:
Official: San Siro candidate to host Champions League Final
Official: San Siro candidate to host Champions League Final
UEFA will confirm the hosts of the 2026 and 2027 Champions League Finals in May 2024.The Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, also commonly known as San Siro, has formally put forward the candidacy as host of the Champions League Final.
The Mayor of Milan confirmed the proposal to take on the Final in either 2026 or 2027.
This would see the return of the biggest game in club football to Milan after a decade, since Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid in a penalty shootout in 2016.
The news comes at an interesting time, when both Inter and Milan have announced plans to quit the arena and build their own stadiums outside the city.
Both clubs are tentatively planning to open their doors for the start of the 2028-29 campaign, so the Champions League Final could be close to a last hurrah for this iconic stadium.
They are frustrated at the refusal of Government to allow a transformation of the Stadio Meazza into a modern arena, protecting it with the same laws that were created to prevent the destruction of historic buildings of architectural importance.
By refusing to modernise, they risk turning San Siro into an empty relic.