- Sam Kerr working to return to football
- He tore his ACL in January in training camp.
- She will also be a mother in 2025, her partner is pregnant
Superstar striker Sam Kerr is closing in on his return to Chelsea, almost a year after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament at a training camp in Morocco.
Kerr, 31, missed the Paris Olympics after suffering an injury last January and recently admitted his recovery has been frustrating at times.
But if a Chelsea FCW Instagram Story Tuesday is a guide, it looks like the Matildas captain will soon grace the Blues squad again.
In the clip, Kerr can be seen joking with his teammates as they prepared for a team photo shoot in London.
Kerr is yet to feature in the Women’s Super League this season as she regains fitness.
It comes after Kerr announced on Instagram in November that she and her partner Kristie Mewis are expecting a baby in 2025.
Sam Kerr is closing in on his return to Chelsea, almost a year after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament at a training camp in Morocco.
The Chelsea goal machine was all smiles (right) with his team-mates before a photo shoot in London.
Kerr also announced on Instagram in November that she and her partner Kristie Mewis are expecting a baby in 2025.
The couple posted a series of touching photos of themselves while holding a picture of Mewis’ scans.
The soccer duo (Mewis plays for West Ham and the USWNT) were all smiles as they celebrated the exciting news with their Instagram followers.
Kerr’s Matildas teammate and Manchester City star Mary Fowler was one of the first to comment on the post, writing: “Congratulations” and adding a “heart eyes” emoji.
Meanwhile, Kerr’s trial for alleged aggravated racial harassment of a police officer will take place in February next year.
Kerr denies charges of intentionally causing “racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress to a police officer” after a night out in Twickenham, London, in January 2023.
The trial is scheduled to last four days starting February 3.
PC Stephen Lovell is understood to have been called to the scene at Twickenham over a dispute over a taxi fare after the football superstar spent a night celebrating an FA Cup victory over Liverpool, where he scored a hat-trick. trick for Chelsea.
Kerr also reportedly vomited in the taxi and at that time he was arrested and questioned.
Her legal team has since argued that Kerr was subjected to an abuse of process after it took a year for her to be charged.
Kerr will not be required to attend the hearing in person next February.
If convicted, Kerr could face a maximum prison sentence of two years or be deported from the UK.