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Kerr made an illuminating point as she revealed the finer details behind her transfer to Bayern Munich earlier this summer.
Speaking to the BBC this week, the 24-year-old said she procrastinated over the decision to sign for the German side because there was interest from a few other clubs, before finally catching herself on and agreeing to the move from Rangers, where she had played for two seasons.
Kerr said her transfer really began to hit home when Pedro Martinez Losa's Scotland squad for the friendly international double header against Northern Ireland and Finland last month was announced and she saw 'S Kerr (FC Bayern)' written down for the first time.
It was Kerr's initial belief that it was star Australian striker Sam Kerr of Chelsea that Bayern wanted to sign, an indication that – even for female Scottish footballers making a name for themselves on the European and international stage – there remains a lack of self-belief among their number. But are we really surprised? The women's game in general has been suppressed, it remains the butt of jokes, as something that some men don't take seriously. Consider the reaction to a United States women's team's 12-0 defeat by League 2 side Wrexham last month in a friendly in North Carolina. Billed on social media as the USWNT, a slew of posts were awash with laughing emojis and vitriol as this result was held up as some kind of exculpatory evidence that the female game remains a joke, rather than something that is still influenced by speed and physicality. Furthermore, if anyone had cared to investigate they would soon have realised that the USWNT was nothing of the sort and was made up of a bulk of players who have long since retired such as Lori Lindsey who hung up her boots in 2014. Wrexham, meanwhile, contained 20-year-olds who played in the Conference last season.
But that's really a debate for another newsletter. In this instance we're talking about good news stuff such as Kerr's move to Germany and the slow but perceptible rise of Scottish women's football.
"I've not really processed it," said Kerr on BBC podcast Behind The Goals. "I saw FC Bayern on the SWNT squad list and I was just like, 'what?', I'm just Sam from Scotland who plays for Rangers, that's how I see myself … It's crazy. In Scotland camps, if Rachel Corsie or Caroline Weir says 'well done Sam', that is better than achievements and awards for me.”
Kerr's mentioning of those two Scotland players is instructive. If you haven't already done so then take a closer look at Losa's recent squad list and the names of the teams they play for: Scottish players are in high demand. As well as Kerr's name you can add that of Real Madrid's Weir, Chelsea's Erin Cuthbert and Manchester United's Martha Thomas and Kirsty Hanson – players who are performing for some of the biggest teams in the women's game. Corsie – of Aston Villa – has pulled out? Never mind we'll replace her with the Celtic captain Kelly Clark. If only the men's team had such equivalent riches in defence.
Meanwhile, this summer, another Scottish player has been on the move to better things – Kerr's former Glasgow City team-mate Jenna Clark has left the SWPL champions to join Liverpool – and the increasing interest in and demand for players from this country can only be a good thing for the development of the women's game at international level.
Make no mistake, Scottish women's football is on the rise – it's hardly worthy of a breaking news ticker since we already know this but there is a wider point. Kerr wants Scotland to prove it, starting with the Nations League encounters against European Champions England, world No.9 team the Netherlands and Belgium who sit four places above the Scots in 19thplace.
“We're at the stage now where we're not just there to compete, we need to win games. The Nations League coming up is going to be really competitive."
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