This is an important week for AC Milan and Inter Milan. Beijing officially opened the 19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party , which will continue for the next seven days until October 24th. At the Great Hall of the People 2,280 delegates, representing more than 89 million members have gathered to discuss and rule on a number of issues. While they won’t specifically be speaking about soccer, the futures of both Milanese clubs will certainly be affected by the weeklong congress.

 

The legend says that the President of the Republic, Xi Jinping, has been an enthusiast of Inter football and a fan since 1978, when Mazzola's team was the first Italian to go to Beijing. Today, over half of the 13,000 Suning employees are enrolled in his party.

 

Last summer’s meeting slowed down investments to strengthen Spalletti’s team on the transfer market after certain financial directives were imposed by Xi Jinping. The imperative is that the economy must be governed by policy to control debt-related risks, financial market uncertainties, and capital flight.

 

If foreign financial restrictions aren’t loosened, Inter may not be able to spend the amount of money in January they had envisioned. What’s worse, for AC Milan, is that Li Yonghong may not be able to secure financing before his first round of debt matures next October, resulting in him losing ownership of the club.