Sam Kerr is stepping up her recovery from her long-standing knee injury at Chelsea as she joined the English champions on their mid-winter training camp in Portugal.
The Matildas' superstar captain Kerr hasn't been in a Chelsea squad in the last 12 months after she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury at the equivalent warm-weather training break in Morocco last January.
Head coach Sonia Bompastor said last month the 31-year-old was expected to make her eagerly awaited return to action in either February or March.