(Video): “Our only option is to get out” – Top insider predicts end to ownership battle despite deadlock

International breaks are always a little dry as we’re starved of football – but Chelsea always keep us interested.

They sparked this one into life with a full on civil war between the ownership. As it stands it’s a stalemate. Both parties say they want to stay, but both are keen to buy the other out. Neither has the power to force through a deal.

But top Telegraph Chelsea man Matt Law made a very good point on the London is Blue podcast this week. This story has hit the headlines because one of the two sides leaked it to Bloomberg. That has “pulled the pin from the grenade,” as he put it.

They would only do that if they think that sparking a confrontation will lead to a resolution, and as Law says, the leaking side clearly thinks that a stalemate will lead to the other side blinking first and thinking “our only option is to get out.”

You can see their discussion in the clip embedded here, with this answer coming after 21 minutes: