Chelsea are near finishing a deal for defender Nathalie Bjorn from Girls’s Tremendous League rivals Everton.
Chelsea met the discharge clause for the 26-year-old Sweden worldwide earlier this week.
The WSL champions have fought off long-standing curiosity from Actual Madrid for Bjorn, who joined Everton in the summertime of 2021 from Rosengard in her homeland.
Bjorn now seems to be set to turn out to be Chelsea’s first signing within the January switch window.
Kerr suffers ACL damage
Chelsea striker Sam Kerr, in the meantime, has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) damage throughout a heat climate coaching camp in Morocco.
A press release revealed by the Girls’s Tremendous League membership on Sunday afternoon confirmed the information, and stated Kerr will probably be assessed by a specialist within the coming days earlier than starting a interval of rehabilitation with Chelsea’s medical crew.
The Australia worldwide signed for the Blues in 2019, and has performed a pivotal position in 4 WSL title wins, three FA Cup triumphs and two League Cup victories.
Kerr has averaged practically 30 targets within the earlier two campaigns for Emma Hayes’ aspect, who’re presently prime of the WSL desk with a three-point lead over second-placed Manchester Metropolis.
Twice a WSL Golden Boot winner, the 30-year-old was additionally runner-up to Spain midfielder Aitana Bonmati on the Ballon d’Or awards this 12 months.
Chelsea’s membership assertion continued: “Everybody at Chelsea want to want Sam the perfect for her restoration.”