Sam Kerr has enjoyed incredible success since moving to Chelsea in January 2020 from US side Chicago Red Stars.

The striker has won three Women’s Super Leagues, two FA Cups and League Cups, scoring 83 goals in 103 appearances.

Kerr believes that joining Chelsea has improved her game.

“I could have stayed and sat comfortably in America and Australia, but I knew that to become what I wanted to become, I had to leave,” Kerr told Evening Standard.

“I do like being in my comfort zone, everyone does! But I just knew if I wanted to take my game to the next level, I had to go somewhere else. I knew I had more. The investment that has gone into the women’s game in England has allowed female athletes to be the best they can be. The level of play in the last two years has exploded.”

Kerr’s career has taken her to Chicago, New York and Sydney, but London is becoming her favourite city.

“It’s amazing” says Kerr, who was named WSL Player of the Year at the London Football Awards last week. “I love it, other than the weather. If the weather was good and the traffic and the one-way roads were gone…”