Nick Candy has made moves to strengthen his bid for Chelsea after securing further financial backing from South Korean investors - but the boyhood Blues fan is facing stern competition from many other consortiums to wrest control of the club.
Candy is a member of one of six consortiums to have submitted an offer to take charge at Stamford Bridge, while there are believed to be other groups in the race who have not made their interest public. Chelsea were put up for sale by oligarch owner Roman Abramovich at the start of March following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Abramovich was subsequently sanctioned by the government due to his links to the Russian president but the sale of the club has been allowed to go ahead under the strict supervision of officials.
