(ANSAmed) - ROMA, 31 MAR - Two former members of the city of Milan executive, Giancarlo Tancredi and Ada De Cesaris, are among nine people under investigation over the council's sale of the San Siro stadium to Serie A soccer giants AC Milan and Inter, sources said on Tuesday Fabrizio Grena and Marta Spaini, consultants for Inter and Milan respectively in relation to the operation, and former Inter Corporate CEO Alessandro Antonello are also under investigation, the sources said, after finance police searched city officers and those of M-I Stadio, the company set up by the clubs to manage the activities of the stadium.

The city sold the iconic ground to the Serie A soccer clubs for 197 million euros last year, so they can knock it down and build a modern new stadium on the site.

Investigators are looking into whether the controversial operation favoured private interests, instead of the public's.

They are probing the alleged leaking of confidential information and alleged bid rigging.

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