Overview
- Prosecutors in Milan have launched an investigation for alleged auction tampering focused on whether the sale procedure complied with legal safeguards.
- Inter and AC Milan completed the closing for the Meazza with a reported €197 million purchase, coinciding with news of the inquiry.
- Mayor Giuseppe Sala questioned the timing of the probe’s disclosure but said the municipality respected rules, including minimum periods for expressions of interest.
- Beppe Marotta said he is not concerned and maintained the transaction was conducted transparently and in accordance with the law.
- Italy’s sports minister Andrea Abodi urged the redevelopment to continue, and local reports say promoter Claudio Trotta has been heard by investigators.