Sam Kerr is set to make her long-awaited return to Chelsea after she suffered an injury in January last year.

Ahead of Friday’s Women’s Super League opener against Manchester City, Chelsea coach Sonia Bompastor said the Australian striker and Matildas captain is in her squad.

“Sam is in the squad, so she will be involved in the game, but we don’t know yet if she will start or if she will be on the bench,” Bompastor said on Thursday.

Kerr was sidelined after she suffered the ACL injury at a warm weather training camp in Morocco last year. The 31-year-old, who joined Chelsea in 2019, has scored 99 goals in 128 matches for the London side, winning the league five times, the FA Cup three times and the League Cup twice.

“Sam is in a good place. She’s been training well, she’s physically in

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