The Guardian understands the 31-year-old Australia captain is close to making her return for Chelsea for the first time since rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament during Chelsea’s warm weather training camp in January 2024, though it is expected that will not come before the international break at the end of this month.

Nearly two years after being involved “an incident involving a police officer who was responding to a complaint involving a taxi fare on 30 January 2023 in Twickenham”, Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has been cleared of all charges by a unanimous jury decision on Tuesday.