Cradling his baby son Rezon on a shopping trip in Milan with wife Annie Kilner and the rest of their children, Kyle Walker looked every bit the family man.
Following more than a year of torment after it was revealed the footballer fathered a second child with mistress Lauryn Goodman, Ms Kilner and the children’s trip seemed yet another sign that the embattled couple had reconciled.
They had been shopping at Prada at the end of a week-long visit to the city that her husband now calls home after moving clubs from Manchester City on loan to AC Milan in January.
But with their three oldest sons – Roman, 12, Riaan, seven, and Reign, five – due to go back to school, Ms Kilner had to fly back to Walker’s Cheshire home.
Not long after last Monday’s outing and his family’s departure, the 34-year-old currently injured footballer wasted no time, it seems, taking advantage of his freedom.
At 2am on Wednesday, he was seen leaving the five-star luxury hotel Casa Cipriani with two attractive brunettes.
As they walked towards a waiting car, Walker put his arm around one of the women, who flicked her hair back, which Walker then reached over to touch.
One onlooker said: ‘Kyle certainly looked like he was enjoying himself, he wasn’t ready for the night to finish after dinner, that’s for sure.’
Sources close to Walker say he had been dining at the hotel’s exclusive restaurant after arriving at 10.45pm on Tuesday.
They say the women were friends of a man he was having dinner with and by coincidence were sitting on a nearby table. The England defender’s night didn’t end there, though.
Walker, dressed casually in blue trousers, white Prada T-shirt – possibly bought on that family shopping trip – striped cardigan and baseball cap, travelled less than two miles in a BMW to the Tocqueville 13 nightclub.
Inside, Walker’s party is understood to have spent 3,000 euros (£2,474) on a ‘Super VIP’ table, as well as 1,400 euros (£1,154) on a magnum of Dom Perignon champagne.
They also splashed out on a giant 1.75-litre bottle of Clase Azul Reposado tequila, costing a cool 2,000 Euros (£1,649).
However, friends of the superfit star insist he didn’t drink any alcohol and that he left 45 minutes later – while the rest of the group stayed until 3.45am.
Tocqueville 13 is one of Milan’s most popular late-night venues, particular among footballers, basketballers and other wealthy men in Milan. Whether they are the club’s main draw or its female clientele remains open to debate.
But the club has been described as a ‘meat market’ by locals – and its official Instagram page features risqué pictures of almost naked women drinking and dancing in the club.
Walker’s two female companions were spotted together the next day, wearing sunglasses, outside the five-star, luxury Portrait Hotel in the city.
While friends of Walker insist ‘nothing happened’ with either of the women, his night out is likely to infuriate Ms Kilner, 31.
The pictures will bring back painful memories of the bombshell text she received from Ms Goodman shortly after Christmas 2023 to say that Walker was her daughter, Kinara’s dad.
Back then, Ms Kilner kicked him out of the couple’s £4million Cheshire mansion. She had allowed him back as they continued to work on their marriage.
Last October she filed for divorce, yet after Christmas spent together as a family, sources close to the couple said ‘they are in a really good place’ and ‘moving forward’ – but for how long is anyone’s guess.