Kyle Walker’s wife Annie Kilner is expecting her fifth baby with the former England star, we can reveal.
The Daily Mail can reveal the WAG, 33, who shares four sons with the Burnley defender, 35, is due to give birth in June having announced her shock pregnancy to friends and family over Christmas.
Her baby news is a sure-fire sign the couple have put their high-profile marriage problems behind them having been on the brink of divorce following Walker’s affairs with Lauryn Goodman.
Indeed, the significance of Annie expecting her baby will be a huge blow to love rival Lauryn – who has two children with the ex-Manchester City defender.
Annie and Kyle have told their sons – Roman, 11, Riaan, seven, Reign, five, and Rezon, one – their new sibling will be arriving in the summer and their name will also begin with an R, but no final decision has been made as yet.
A source told the Daily Mail that Annie desperately wanted a baby to ‘complete’ their family and help make their marriage stronger.
The insider added: ‘Kyle came back from Italy last year and since then Annie made it clear to him that she wanted her boys to have another baby sibling.
‘She believes that a baby will help put all their troubles behind them.
Kyle Walker’s wife Annie Kilner (pictured in January) is expecting her fifth baby with the former England star
The WAG, 33, who shares four sons with the Burnley defender, 35, is due to give birth in June having announced her shock pregnancy to friends and family over Christmas
Annie and Kyle have told their sons – Roman, 11, Riaan, seven, Reign, five, and Rezon, one – their new sibling will be arriving in the summer and her name will also begin with an R
‘Their family and close friends were shocked when they heard because there are still some issues between them. It’s a bit risky because sometimes, a new baby can add more pressure to a marriage. But everybody is very happy for them and doing all they can to support Annie.’
The insider added: ‘Annie and Kyle’s four boys are very excited about having a new sibling and have been talking about it a lot.’
Childhood sweethearts Kyle and Annie married in 2021 but their relationship hit the rocks in January 2024 after it was revealed that he was the father of Lauryn’s daughter Kinara.
The influencer controversially messaged Annie on Boxing Day 2023 to reveal she was expecting her second child with her husband, who previously fathered her first son Kairo, five, during a brief break-up with Annie.
Kyle’s betrayal resulted in the 96-cap defender being kicked out of the family home he shares with Annie who later served him with divorce papers as their marriage fell apart.
The source added: ‘Annie is enjoying being pregnant this time around because the last time she was pregnant it was with Rezon and that’s when news of Kyle’s secret love child with Lauryn came out, which put her under a lot of stress.
‘Things could not be more different for her this time around. Annie and Kyle are in a much better place, they’ve put in a lot of effort into rebuilding their marriage and trust and she believes that a new baby is a fresh start for all of them.’
Walker fled to Italy last year to spend the second half of the season with AC Milan in a bid to escape the saga surrounding himself and Lauryn.
Her baby news is a sign the couple have put their marriage problems behind them having been on the brink of divorce following Walker’s affairs with Lauryn Goodman (pictured)
The significance of Annie expecting her baby will be a huge blow to love rival Lauryn – who has two children with the ex-Manchester City defender
He joined Serie A giants AC Milan but his spell with the seven-time Champions League winners failed to garner a permanent move, resulting in Kyle returning to the UK to join Premier League newcomers Burnley.
But playing in the North-West enabled Kyle to return to his lavish Cheshire mansion with Annie and their four boys and rekindle their relationship.
It is not known if Lauryn is aware of Annie’s pregnancy, but the two WAGs have been locked in a bitter feud following news of Walker’s secret love child with the influencer.
Lauryn has been accused of stoking her rift with both Annie and Karl on social media to keep the issue in the public eye and at one point, even claimed that she was moving to Italy to be closer to the footballer for the sake of the two children she shares with him.
The source revealed: ‘Annie and her close friends and family are bracing themselves for how Lauryn might respond to this.
‘But given how she’s conducted herself in the past, we fear that she’s not going to like it and it could get messy.’
In 2024 Lauryn lost her court battle with Kyle over how much money she should receive for their children.
Judge Edward Hess slammed her for ‘insatiable greed’ claiming she attempted to use the defender, who earns around £160,000 per week, as an ‘open ended cheque book’ and ‘repeatedly threatened him in order to get what she wanted’.
The insider said: ‘Kyle came back from Italy last year and since then Annie made it clear to him that she wanted her boys to have another baby sibling’
Her demands included a £31,000 Astro Turf, £30,000 for air conditioning, a £70,000 car allowance every three years, plus a car for the nanny and £150,000 annual child maintenance.
In his ruling the judge also slammed Lauryn for her Boxing Day message to Annie declaring: ‘This was intended to, and did, cause distress to the father’s wife (Annie).
‘I do not accept the mother’s explanation that this text message was sent in an attempt to create a good working relationship between the two women in the father’s life.’
