- Adopting a patient approach with her ACL injury
- Star ruined her knee back in January
Football superstar Sam Kerr has made the surprising confession that her knee injury ‘isn’t her only problem’ as she refuses to reveal when she will finally return to the pitch.
It comes after Kerr, 31, previously stated she is refusing to rush her rehabilitation because her plan is to keep playing for ‘many years’.
‘I’m moving slowly….so it’s going to take a bit longer than I would like, me being an impatient person,’ Kerr said on the recent BBC’s Women’s Football Weekly podcast.
‘But I feel good, I feel strong, I feel healthy and my mind feels good, so I’m in a good place.’
She also stated there is a ‘little bit more going on than the ACL’ – but didn’t elaborate.
It comes after Kerr denied speculation on X in early September her return was imminent.
Responding to a tweet from Chelsea women’s content creator Rosie Dawson that the goal poacher would be back playing in October, Kerr’s response was succinct: ‘I don’t know who gave you this info, but sadly it’s wrong.’
The Matildas captain sustained her ACL injury during a training camp in Morocco back in January, and had to watch on as Chelsea won the Women’s Super League title in dramatic fashion.
Football superstar Sam Kerr (pictured right at Chelsea’s clash with Aston Villa last week) has confirmed her ruptured ACL isn’t the only problem that’s keeping her off the pitch
Kerr, 31, previously stated her plan is to play for ‘many years to come’ – so she isn’t rushing her rehabilitation
Kerr recently denied speculation on X that she was due to return for Chelsea in October
Kerr (pictured, playing for the Matildas at the 2023 World Cup) was locked in a cell in a London police station on the night she allegedly racially harassed a police officer in January 2023
Kerr (pictured left with fiancée Kristie Mewis) could face time in jail or deportation in the worst-case scenario if she’s found guilty at trial next February
Kerr also missed the Olympics in Paris with the knee complaint – but in better news, once she does once again lace her boots, a remarkable 100 goals as a Chelsea player awaits.
‘I’m lucky, my first goal’s going to be it,’ she said.
‘It’s going to be such an amazing moment, scoring 100 goals for Chelsea will be a big achievement for me. I’m excited.’
Away from football, Kerr faces a four-day criminal trial next February.
She was charged with racially aggravated harassment of a police officer – and will plead not guilty.
It stemmed from an alleged incident following a boozy night out in January of 2023, just months before the Women’s World Cup on home soil.
If Kerr is convicted, the Matildas skipper faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison and could be deported from the UK in the worst-case scenario.
