Kyle Walker has split from his wife Annie Kilner after it emerged he had a second love child with Lauryn Goodman.
But the sportsman, 33, seemed to be sending out a very clear message to his partner of 13 years on Monday night when he brandished his wedding ring in a series of Instagram pictures he shared.
Kyle had been at The Best FIFA Football Awards where he took his eldest son Roman, 11, as he brushed off the furore surrounding his personal life.
While walking the green carpet with his first-born, he kept his ring finger in his pocket, but on social media, it was a different story.
Kyle’s wedding band was in full view, just two years after he and Annie, 30, married. The pair have two other sons together, Riaan, seven and Reign, five and Annie is thought to be six months pregnant.
The pictures that prove Kyle Walker is desperate to win wife Annie Kilner back! Sportsman brandished his wedding band in pictures taken at the FIFA Football Awards, which he shared on Instagram on Monday
The sportsman has publicly apologised to Annie for his infidelity after she split from him when it emerged he had fathered a second love child with Lauryn Goodman
Annie confirmed her separation from Walker, who she met as a teenager and married just two years ago, on Wednesday evening
The Manchester City star hasn’t been far from the headlines in recent days after it was revealed he was the father of Lauryn’s five-month-old daughter, having already fathered a three-year-old son with her while in a relationship with Annie.
The sportsman has publicly apologised to Annie for his infidelity, with his statement sparking a furious response from Lauryn, who has claimed in an explosive interview that he was leading a double life, with her and their children.
Addressing his separation from Kilner on Instagram, Walker wrote: Annie is an amazing woman and I can only apologise for the upset I’ve caused her.
‘She’s been part of my life for so long and that will never change for the sake of our children.
‘I would ask for privacy for all of our family, and especially our young children, whilst we work through these difficult times.’
Goodman, who spoke with Kilner via FaceTime before going public, has since lashed out at the decorated footballer in a tell-all interview with The Sun.
She said: ‘I told Annie that I would keep it quiet but now that is impossible after what they have done so I have to speak out.
‘In his statement he said ‘our’ children, not all of ‘my’ children. They put this out there. Kyle had a chance here to include all of his children and didn’t.
Kyle brushed off the furore surrounding his split from wife Annie Kilner as he attended the event with his eldest son with Annie, Roman, 11 – he kept his left hand in his pocket
According to Goodman, the Manchester City star led a double life and would pay secret visits to the two children he fathered out of wedlock
‘He isn’t thinking about his kids, he’s thinking about himself.’
She added: ‘I don’t blame myself for their breaking up — other women have reached out to me saying they’ve been with Kyle too.’
According to Goodman, the footballer led a double life and would pay secret visits to the two children he fathered out of wedlock.
The married Manchester City full-back has been named as the biological father of TV personality Lauryn Goodman’s five-month old daughter, three-years after she gave birth to his son, Kairo.
And Goodman says Walker – already a parent to three children with Kilner – would visit them surreptitiously, splashed out on football kits for his son and even accompanied them on a trip to a local farm.
She told The Sun: ‘Kyle was happy hiding the truth because he was having two families and was scared about what would happen when Annie knew but I kept saying to him, ‘Our daughter can’t be a secret, she is a human.”
Kilner confirmed her separation from Walker, who she met as a teenager and married just two years ago, on Wednesday evening after throwing the defender out of their £2.4million mansion in Prestbury, Cheshire.
Addressing the split, Goodman claims the beleaguered mother-of-three acted after learned the extent of Walker’s deception over a FaceTime chat, during which she showed Kilner damning photos of Walker with his two children.
She said: ‘I showed her one of Kyle and Kairo playing football together. I know he has got photos of our kids up at Manchester City, I’ve met him lots of times since Kairo was born too. He has met his daughter.’
The footballer even enjoyed a family day out in public with Goodman and the kids, who are based in Brighton, during one of their visits to rural Cheshire.
She recalled: ‘I remember going to a farm in Cheshire and he was feeding the animals with Kairo like all the other dads.
‘But he tried to control me too, so I did as he said. He would FaceTime a lot. When he was at the World Cup or with England, he would message constantly going, ‘Are you free, are you free?’
‘I realised we were a secret family though as time went on. And that is what he wanted. I wasn’t a secret to his England teammates — they would come on the phone when he FaceTimed me.’
Goodman also admits the personalised strip worn by Kairo in a widely circulated social media image posted while he was representing his country at the 2021 European Championships was purchased by Walker.
Revelations that the Manchester City star fathered a second child with the influencer comes as the latest blow to his marriage, which has been marred by cheating allegations.
The couple have been together for 13 years and share three children, with reports suggesting the WAG could be pregnant with the couple’s fourth child. Walker was named as the father of Goodman’s first child in April 2020.
She has now claimed the footballer was ‘living a double life’ as he ‘played’ both herself and Kilner, by working to ‘hide the truth’, forcing her to tell his wife herself.
Speaking to The Sun, she explained: ‘There were hearings coming up surrounding our daughter, there was paperwork flying around and legal meetings had taken place and Annie needed to know the truth before something went public.’
Goodman explained how she didn’t want to cause ‘any more heartache’ or drive the couple apart but they needed to ‘live their life like adults.’
‘She kept asking for proof so I showed her the DNA test but even then she doubted it was real until I pointed out my daughter’s name on the paperwork.’
The model said that Kilner ‘kept cool and calm’ when she was handed the proof as she had ‘suspected’ that Goodman was the father to Lauryn’s second child.
It comes as exclusively revealed that Walker had secretly met the baby daughter that he fathered with Goodman for the first time.
Sources said he had confessed all about the meeting with his mistress and his daughter to his wife.
Goodman has told her inner circle that she is adamant that she did not have any intention to break up his marriage and does not want to be seen as the cause.
A friend told : ‘Lauryn has never interfered in Kyle’s marriage with Annie even though she was aware that he had been kicked out by her five months ago.’
They added: ‘She’s never said anything to break-up their relationship and she has no intention of trying to be with Kyle. But he is the father of her two children and he has to face up to his responsibilities.
‘He has five children and the little girl is his first daughter. It should be a time for celebration like it is for most fathers.
Lauryn, who spoke with Kilner via FaceTime before going public, has since lashed out at the decorated footballer in a tell-all interview
Goodman says Walker – already a parent to three children with Kilner – would visit them surreptitiously and splashed out on football kits for his son
‘Lauryn just does not know what to do or what is going to happen next. It is not an easy time for her either. But her friends know that she isn’t a marriage wrecker.
‘She is a great mother to her two children and she adores them. But she already had her hands full and she is going along without the father being around for her kids. The fact that he is famous makes it more difficult.
‘When she was putting her daughter’s initials ‘KW’ out there, she wasn’t having a dig. There is a lot going on in her mind that she is trying to deal with as well as bring up to kids alone. She has not done anything wrong.’
It comes after revealed that friends of Kilner and Walker believe the WAG could be pregnant with the couple’s fourth child.
Sources close to the estranged couple have said they will be ‘thrilled’ if she is.
Meanwhile, one suggested that Kilner might be just two months from giving birth.
When approached last night, Kilner’s representative said that an announcement was forthcoming.
A source told : ‘This is a dream for Annie, she has three boys and she would love more.
‘Things haven’t been ideal for Annie and Kyle lately but a baby might just be the thing to put a smile on their face.
‘They are doing their very best to put a united front on all do their break up and what comes next.
‘Who knows what that will be but they are thing to navigate these waters together, in the very best way they can.
‘They are both committed fully to their children.’
Manchester City star Walker yesterday broke his silence after being dumped by Kilner and apologised for the ‘upset’ he’s caused her.
They announced on Sunday the couple, who have been together for 13 years and share three children, would be separating and she would be ‘taking some time away from Kyle’ in light of his alleged infidelities.
But now the England defender, who has been kicked out of their £2.4million marital home, has spoken out in support of his wife on Instagram by describing her as an ‘amazing woman.’
In a message posted to his 4.6million followers, Walker wrote: ‘Annie is an amazing woman and I can only apologise for the upset I’ve caused her.
He continued: ‘I would ask for privacy for all of our family, and especially our young children, whilst we work through these difficult times.’
can reveal Walker is desperate to patch up his relationship with Kilner, his childhood sweetheart and wife of two years.
Though other sources close to the former Tottenham star say that he is ‘fearful’ for the future of his marriage.
He and Kilner married in secret in 2021 after a decade together. They have three sons.