Chelsea Striker Sam Kerr to Leave Club at End of Season
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Published Striker Sam Kerr - Chelsea's all-time top scorer in the Women's Super League - will leave the club when her contract expires this summer.
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Sky SportsSam Kerr will leave Chelsea at the end of the season when her contract expires; the forward leaves south-west London after six-and-a-half years where she scored 115 goals in 177 matches
The Guardian SportKerr’s 177 appearances for Chelsea makes her the fourth-highest player on their all-time appearance list. She will go into Saturday’s final league match of the season, at home to Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, just one goal behind Fran Kirby’s all-time Chelsea Women goals record in all competitions.
SMH SportSam Kerr is to leave Chelsea at the end of the season, bringing the curtain down on one of the most brilliant, trophy-laden careers in Women’s Super League football.
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The Aston Villa forward Kirsty Hanson, the WSL’s second-top scorer this season, and the Manchester City forward Vivianne Miedema, have contracts until 2027 and the same applies to two of Manchester United’s joint-top league goalscorers, Elisabeth Terland and Melvine Malard, and one of West Ham’s top assets in attack, Shekiera Martinez.
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BBC SportShaw is joined on the list by team-mate Kerstin Casparij, who has 10 goal involvements from defence, as well as Aston Villa's Kirsty Hanson – the second-highest scorer in the league with one match to play, with 12 goals – and Arsenal forward Alessia Russo.
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However, she is likely to feature in the club's final game of the season at Anfield against Liverpool on Saturday (13:00 BST).
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The 32-year-old has confirmed she will leave the Blues at the end of the season following a trophy-laden career in England.
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SMH SportThe English giants announced on Friday that the Matildas captain will leave after six-and-a-half years when her contract expires in the summer, with her last game for the Blues set to be an emotional occasion against Manchester United on Saturday.
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However, Arsenal are undergoing a transitional year with a number of senior players leaving the club at the end of their contracts.
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01 The Guardian Sport Saturday’s finale to the Women’s Super League season marks the end of an era, and not only because it is the final time the division will operate with 12 teams before the expansion to 14. A multitude of players synonymous with their clubs in recent years are all making end-of-contract departures and the forward lines, in particular, of many of the top sides will not look the same again.
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02 BBC Sport Published Liverpool have confirmed defenders Gemma Bonner and Gemma Evans will leave the club at the end of the season.
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03 SMH Sport Her form of late has offered up glimpses of Kerr in her pomp, leading to suggestions that Chelsea boss Sonia Bompastor should do everything possible to keep her in the squad.
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