Chelsea ahead Sam Kerr is being cautious along with her comeback from a serious knee damage, as she set her sights on successful the Ladies’s Champions League.
Kerr, who’s Australia’s all-time main goalscorer, has been out since January after she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage in coaching.
She missed the again half of Chelsea’s Ladies’s Tremendous League and Champions League campaigns, whereas she was additionally absent from Australia’s Olympics squad.
However regardless of being desirous to return to motion beneath new Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor, Kerr is just not going to hurry her comeback.
“I’m not placing a date on my return, simply ensuring I get it proper and ensuring I really feel good earlier than I get again on the pitch,” Kerr instructed Optus Sport.
“I imply, it’s my second ACL, so I do know it’s essential take the time, it’s essential be certain it’s proper and I’m doing every part I can.
“However undoubtedly no rush for me, I need to be certain I can play for a lot of extra years to return.”
Bompastor changed Emma Hayes after the latter ended her 12-year tenure on the finish of final season.
And although Chelsea loved unprecedented home dominance beneath Hayes, the Blues are but to recover from the road within the Champions League.
Bompastor, nonetheless, received that trophy with Lyon, and Kerr believes Chelsea now have an edge that was beforehand lacking.
She stated: “We’d like to win the Champions League, that’s the one we would like, that’s what we shoot for.
“We’ve fallen brief a number of years in a row, and hopefully Sonia brings that to this membership.”
“We need to win as many trophies as we are able to – we need to retain the league, get the [domestic] cups again, however the Champions League is the one we’re going for this yr.”
Earlier than her damage final season, Kerr was averaging 0.61 objectives per 90 minutes, from 3.66 photographs per 90, with a 16.67% conversion fee.
However Kerr’s objectives per 90 was truly at its lowest because the 2019-20 season, whereas her xG per 90 (0.46) was at its lowest throughout her time at Chelsea.
Kerr, who turns 31 on September 10, penned a brand new deal on the membership earlier this yr.
Requested if she had thought of her subsequent transfer, Kerr replied: “This appears like residence now. I find it irresistible right here, I like the place I stay, I like the ladies. We win lots, so it’s good.
“I need to finish my profession, each time that’s, with as many trophies as I can, and I believe we are able to try this [here].”
Chelsea begin their WSL season towards Aston Villa on September 20.
