Matildas and Chelsea icon Sam Kerr tore her anterior cruciate ligament in her knee in January 2024, missing the Paris Olympics and significant chunks of the Blues’ Women’s Super League campaign.
However, the superstar is still yet to return from the injury and is currently in the process of a high-profile court case in London.
The 31-year-old is closing in on a return to football, provided she doesn’t have a highly unfavourable verdict in court.
The Jugo Mobile has all the details on when Kerr will be back on the pitch.
When will Sam Kerr return to football with the Matildas and Chelsea?
Kerr’s ACL injury occurred last January but she is not expected to be fit until around late February-March 2025.
Her recovery from the long-term injury, which is usually nine months, has taken longer with the Australian star having setbacks.
Kerr’s return to football is contingent on the result of her criminal trial, with the maximum punishment for her racism charge being six months imprisonment.
If the gun attacker avoids prison time, she could be back on field with the Blues quite soon.
As for the Matildas, Kerr wasn’t selected in the squad for the SheBelievesCup, but it’s understood she will be selected for the Korea Republic friendlies in April if she is fit and available.
What has Sam Kerr been charged with?
Kerr is pleading not guilty to a charge of racially aggravated harassment of a police officer under the UK’s public order act.
The incident allegedly occurred on January 30, 2023 in Twickenham.
What did Sam Kerr say to a police officer?
Footage from a police constable’s body camera shows Kerr saying: “Honestly, you guys are… stupid and white.”
Kerr is alleged to have become “abusive and insulting” during the interview with police.
Kerr’s lawyer Grace Forbes said: “Nobody disputes the words that were said. But simple words, even words like these, do not make you guilty of a criminal offence.”
She also said: “The words were a comment, however poorly expressed, about positions of power, about privilege, and how those things might colour perception.”
