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Yesterday, Perth Glory owner Tony Sage publicly said he would not continue to fund either of the club's W-League and NYL teams.

Although he’s yet to officially inform the FFA - and axeing the sides would breach his A-League licence agreement - the new crisis paints a worrying future for Kerr, who also missed out on this year’s Olympics with the Matildas.

Glory striker Kate Gill who, like Kerr, has been rehabbing from an ACL injury, said she understood the financial imperatives of Sage's decision not to fund their W-League team.

“Of course you want to see it go ahead but realistically you can understand why,” Gill told au.fourfourtwo.com.

Insiders say it costs around $400,000 a year to run Glory’s W-League team with most of the added cost going on flights across the country.

“If it happened, it’d leave a huge hole in WA football and the potential for us to produce Matildas," Gill said.

“That’s going to be a huge loss - but if it did happen maybe it’d strengthen the league that more players of quality would go into a lesser number of teams."

if Kerr would move to Brisbane Roar or Sydney FC, it might take her game to a new level, said Gill - but she worried for many of the remaining WA players.

“It would leave a huge hole for the other girls over here,” she added.

Meanwhile Kerr’s rehab is now into its sixth month and the talented 18-year-old striker said she would return an even better player.

After doing her ACL at the Olympics 2012 qualifiers in China – her first-ever serious injury - the striker has worked almost every day on her rehab with development coach and NSL 300-gamer John Gibson.

“It’s probably the hardest six months I’ve ever had to go through in my whole entire life,” Kerr told au.fourfourtwo.com at Glory's training base in Mt Claremont.

“I’ve learnt I’m very impatient but also realised how much football means to me. I guess, before, I kind of took training for granted.

"But when I get back I’ll be able to train properly and take it more seriously than before. I’ve matured a lot and working with people like Katie, it’s helped me.

"I’ll come back a lot smarter."

Kerr predicted she’d return for the next W-League season but after Sage’s comments it might not be in a Glory shirt.

But a fit-again Kerr would be a huge addition to any other W-League side - and when fully fit, Kerr is set to play in the WA men’s premier league competition in the winter.

“I hope to be back and hopefully playing well in the W-League," she said. "Since I’ve been out, I’ve seen a whole different view on the game.

“And if I didn’t have ‘Gibbo’ [John Gibson] I wouldn’t be where I am today."

Gibson said the time out from the game has been a blessing in disguise for the skillful forward who burst onto the national scene two years ago with a wonder strike against Sydney FC.

he added: “Another positive for Sammy has been that she’s had time to work on various parts of her game that she previously might not have worked on, with natural instinct often getting her through games.”

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