Chelsea bidder is married to real-life princess and was embroiled in horse racing scandal

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Chelsea from Roman Abramovich continues to hot up after the Russian oligarch announced he was selling the club.And Amr Zedan, a Los Angeles-born Saudi investor, has become the latest candidate after registering a bid with the Raine Group.

Zedan is the chairman of Zedan Group, which deals with energy and petrochemical sectors in Saudi Arabia.However, the group also encompasses the Zedan Racing Stables, whose horse was disqualified from the Kentucky Derby last May.

The 'world's most famous horse race' was thrown into turmoil when Medina Spirit, Zedan's horse, tested positive for betamethasone, a type of steroid.Medina Spirit was officially disqualified from the Kentucky Derby in February - two months after the horse had died.Bob Baffert, the horse's trainer, was banned from entering horses into the Kentucky Derby for two years after the controversy.

While Zedan was not allowed to collect the $1.8million (£1.3million) prize. Who do you want to take over at Chelsea? Let us know in the comments section Baffert denied any wrongdoing, and his attorney, Craig Robertson, told the Daily Racing Form that “we will be filing an immediate appeal” against the sanctions.Zedan is also married to royalty, and in 2018, he tied the knot with Princess Noor bint Asem of Jordan, with who he has two children with.The pair married at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre, on the shores of the Dead Sea, Jordan, just a couple of months after publicly announcing their engagement.The Princess is the great-granddaughter of King Abdullah I of Jordan, making her a distant relative to the current King of Jordan Abdullah II.It is claimed that the Princess's father, Prince Asem bin Nayef, is the 42nd generation direct descendant of the Prophet.