Matildas celebrity Sam Kerr is leaving Chelsea after a glittering six-and-a-half 12 months interval by which she gained an astonishing variety of trophies and have become the membership’s main aim scorer within the Girls’s Tremendous League (WSL).
The London membership confirmed the information, which had been speculated for a number of months, in a tribute posted to its web site on Thursday afternoon (Friday morning AEST).
The 32-year-old, who’s been closely linked to a transfer to the USA’s Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League subsequent season, will play her final recreation for the membership on Saturday towards Manchester United.
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Whereas the Blues are assured third place whatever the end result, there will likely be elevated curiosity not simply due to Kerr’s farewell, but additionally as a result of yet one more aim would see her equal the membership’s all-time main aim scorer, Fran Kirby, with 116 objectives in all competitions.
Kerr stated there was “somewhat little bit of disappointment” leaving the membership, her teammates and the followers.
Sam Kerr celebrates scoring Chelsea’s second aim towards Manchester Metropolis. Offside through Getty Photos
“However once I replicate on my Chelsea profession and doing it for the final time, I simply really feel pleased,” she stated, holding child Jagger Mewis-Kerr in a video shared by the membership.
“Pleased that it occurred, and I really feel so grateful to have performed for this membership for six years and gained as many trophies as we might.”
Kerr and Chelsea have had quiet years by their lofty requirements however she has nonetheless managed to attain 16 objectives in 29 appearances this season, after getting back from a two-year layoff resulting from an ACL damage.
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Sam Kerr’s header was the historic aim. WSL Soccer through Getty Photos
Kerr leaves Chelsea with 5 WSL titles, three FA Cups, three League Cups, the Group Protect, and with a agency place in Chelsea historical past and the hearts of Blues supporters.
Chelsea described the membership’s fourth-highest look maker as a “ruthless and constant goalscorer” and a “vastly influential presence throughout a interval of sustained success”.
“Kerr’s objectives powered Chelsea to a number of trophies over the previous six seasons,” the membership stated.
“She was our high scorer throughout trophy-laden 2020/21 and 2021/22 campaigns and twice earned Girls’s Tremendous League Golden Boot awards after we claimed successive titles.”
Kerr pointed to profitable three FA Cups in a row as her favorite reminiscences from her time on the membership.
It hasn’t been introduced the place she’ll play subsequent 12 months.
