By Thomas Duff For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 07:45 BST, 22 June 2019 | Updated: 07:45 BST, 22 June 2019
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Matildas superstar Sam Kerr has been offered a two-season contract worth nearly $1million with UK giants Chelsea.
Kerr will now have to make the tough decision to either play in England's FA women's Super League or with the W-League's Perth Glory.
If Kerr accepts the Chelsea offer, she would be one of the highest paid female footballers in the world.
She has dominated the World Cup - scoring four goals in the Matildas' latest outing against Jamaica.
The Matildas superstar, Sam Kerr (pictured with her girlfriend, Nikki Stanton), has been offered a two-season contract worth nearly $1million from the Chelsea Football Club
Kerr will now have to make the tough decision to either play in England's FA women's Super League or with the W-League's Perth Glory
Football Federation Australia chief David Gallop said negations will begin with Kerr after the World Cup has concluded.
He hopes they can convince Kerr to renew her contract so she can keep playing in Australia in the W-League next season.
'We will definitely sit down with her after the World Cup and discuss where she sees herself next. Her spot at Perth Glory and in the W-League is a tremendous thing for the club, the competition and the sport,' Gallop told The Daily Telegraph.
'The opportunity for her to lead us into a home soil Women's World Cup in 2023 is so exciting. We appreciate that playing for a big club overseas would be wonderful for her, too.
'I see her as a pioneer of a new era for women's sport and women generally because she has pushed a barrier over that will be remembered as a unique moment in time. Now we see women, girls, men and boys wearing Matildas