According to recent reports in Corriere della Sera, Inter and Milan are close to making a final decision. Norman Foster could be the architect of the new stadium, which will be built next to the Giuseppe Meazza stadium. This decision followed an international competition involving 13 architectural firms, as we recently reported.

Among the candidates were some well-known names: Populous, specialising in sports facilities; Herzog & de Meuron, designers of the Allianz Arena in Munich and the 'Bird's Nest' in Beijing, as well as two as-yet-unpublished European projects; and BDP Partners in collaboration with BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), which is building its 'lying skyscraper' a few kilometres away in the CityLife area.

Foster, guest editor of Domus in 2024 and one of the most prestigious names in world architecture, will design the stadium in collaboration with Manica. Manica specialises in sports facilities and was already involved with Milan in the preliminary design for the San Donato stadium. The club put this forward in 2023, when there was still talk of building two different stadiums for Inter and Milan. In the coming months, Foster + Partners and Manica are expected to present preliminary and final design proposals. Milan and Inter aim to submit the urban plan to the City of Milan in the first half of 2026.

However, even if the clubs have already chosen the architect to lead the new project, the future of the new and old stadiums will remain uncertain until the area is sold. Read here for all the details on the story of the new and old stadiums.