One of football’s most well-known and marketable faces holds a host of lucrative commercial deals and is the leading light of the Matildas
No-one saw it coming. Not football’s administrators, nor the national team coach. Certainly not the adoring public that has followed every step of the Matildas’ meteoric rise to the throne of Australian sport.
Sam Kerr’s shock court appearance in the UK has left loyal fans reeling. Though the trial is not scheduled to take place until February next year – more than two years after the alleged offence – the response in Australia on Tuesday has highlighted just how high the stakes are for the national team captain and the broader football community in the matter’s process and outcome.