Prospective Chelsea Buyer Amr Zedan Has A Noble Wife, Jordanian Princess Direct Descendants Of The Prophet Muhammad

Amr Zedan and his wife, Putri Noor bint Asem from Jordan (Photo: Parazar Productions)

JAKARTA - The competition for Chelsea from Roman Abramovich continues to heat up after the Russian oligarch announced he would sell the club.

And Amr Zedan, a Los Angeles-born Saudi investor, has become the latest candidate after registering an offer with the Raine Group. Zedan is the chairman of Zedan Group, which handles the energy and petrochemical sectors in Saudi Arabia.

However, the group also includes Zedan Racing Stables, whose horse was disqualified from the Kentucky Derby in May. The world's most famous racetrack was plunged into chaos 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 died. As punishment, Bob Baffert, the horse trainer, was banned from entering horses into the Kentucky Derby for two years. Zedan, meanwhile, was not allowed to take the $1.8 million prize.

Baffert has denied wrongdoing, and his lawyer, Craig Robertson, told Daily Racing Form that "we will be appealing immediately" against the sanctions.

Outside of that case, Zedan is known to be married to royalty. In 2018, he pledged allegiance to Princess Noor bint Asem of Jordan. They have two children.

The couple married at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center, on the shores of the Dead Sea, Jordan, just months after publicly announcing their engagement.

The Princess is a great-grandson of King Abdullah I of Jordan, making her a distant relative of the current King of Jordan Abdullah II.

It is said that the Princess' father, Prince Asem bin Nayef, is the 42nd generation direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.