'Not before that': Chelsea manager shares grim Sam Kerr update a year on from ACL injury
Matildas and Chelsea star striker Sam Kerr will remain sidelined until at least February as she tries to return from a torn ACL.
Kerr suffered the injury in January at a Chelsea warm-weather training camp in Morocco.
She underwent surgery shortly after, and was forced to miss the Matildas' disastrous Paris 2024 campaign.
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Sam Kerr isn't expected back on the football pitch until February at the earliest. Alex Pantling/FIFA via Getty Images
"We are looking to maybe have her back with us (in) February (or) March, not before that," Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor said.
"She’s still on her individual process rehab. It will take at least two or three more months for her to be fit enough to be with the squad."
The 31-year-old Kerr has scored 99 goals in 128 games for Chelsea, which has made a perfect start to its season in both the Women’s Super League and Women's Champions League.
In Bompastor's first season in charge, the team has won all 12 of its games.
