Chelsea legend Sam Kerr to leave the club at the end of the season

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kerr-samantha/8YuNOAak/"]Kerr[/a] departs as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/Q7Hu2UDD/"]‌Chelsea[/a]'s fourth-highest appearance maker, with 157 games, ‌and has scored 115 goals for the club - one shy of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kirby-francesca/zNcLdsrM/"]Fran Kirby[/a]'s ‌all-time record. She won five ⁠Women's Super ‌League titles, three FA Cups and three ​League Cups during a sustained period of domestic success.[/p][embed guid="4c9e8a1e-f532-4dda-8aee-4809d02a8206" url="https://x.com/ChelseaFCW/status/2054972662774935630?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]"When I reflect ​on my Chelsea career and doing it for the last time, I ⁠just feel ​happy," [/b]Kerr said ahead of her final appearance for the club on Saturday when Chelsea host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/4EeCFcxJ/"]Manchester United[/a].[/p][p][b]"I feel ‌so grateful to have played for this club for six years and won as many trophies as we could."[/b][/p][p]The Australia captain was twice the WSL Golden Boot winner and finished second in the Ballon d'Or voting in 2023 before a torn ACL sidelined ‌her for 20 months. She returned ​earlier this season to score ‌her 100th Chelsea goal.[/p][p]The 32-year-old has 16 goals in 29 appearances this season and became Chelsea's all-time WSL top scorer, with 64 goals, after ⁠netting against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/leicester/dWUIlGLF/"]⁠Leicester City[/a] ‌earlier this month.[/p][p] [/p]