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Kerr\u2019s contract with Chelsea expires at season\u2019s end and is set to depart as the Blues move on several older players.<\/p>\n
Kerr and former England captain Bright are both 32 years of age, while 31-year-old Guro Reiten left the club last week as the Blues look to refresh in the midst of a disappointing season.<\/p>\n
Chelsea would need a miracle to secure a seventh straight league title as they sit nine points behind league leaders Manchester City with four games left to play.<\/p>\n
KINGSTON UPON THAMES, ENGLAND – JANUARY 11: Sam Kerr of Chelsea reacts during the Barclays Women’s Super League match between Chelsea FC and West Ham United at Kingsmeadow on January 11, 2026 in Kingston upon Thames, England. (Photo by Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Kerr has scored ten goals for the Blues this season, but has played a diminished role upon her return from an ACL injury.<\/p>\n
The star striker has started only seven times this campaign.<\/p>\n
Kerr joined Chelsea in 2019 and has won 11 major trophies with the club.<\/p>\n
The Australian was named the Professional Footballers\u2019 Association Player of the Year in 2022 and is Chelsea\u2019s second all-time leading goal scorer with 109 goals in 151 appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matildas superstar Sam Kerr is set to leave Chelsea at the end of the Women\u2019s Super League season,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[274593,1724,64,63,689,30195,15906,9239,1208,2057,596,6246,2105,941,274595,80457,673,3583,677,24123,126242,85,43245,274594,670,3586],"class_list":["post-555954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-all-time-leading-goal","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-cameron-spencer","tag-disappointing-season","tag-eastern-asia","tag-england","tag-europe","tag-football","tag-football-news","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-japan","tag-kingston-upon-thames","tag-leading-goal-scorer","tag-new-south-wales","tag-northern-europe","tag-oceania","tag-ryan-pierse","tag-shock-move","tag-sports","tag-steph-catley","tag-straight-league-title","tag-sydney","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}