Lauryn Goodman ‘would love to be Mrs Walker’ as former Love Island star tipped to ‘throw a party’ after seeing Annie Kilner drop divorce bombshell on Man City defender Kyle

It is being reported that Manchester City defender Walker has been served with divorce papers by his wife Annie Kilner. That relationship is said to be broken beyond the point of repair, with separation considered to be inevitable.

England international Walker, who has four children with Kilner, is paying the price for fathering two kids out of wedlock with ex-mistress Goodman. She has continued to discuss their relationship in public, with revelations being made that have put added strain on the Walker household.

Goodman – who has a four-year-old son and one-year-old daughter with Walker – is expected to welcome the news of her former flame becoming a free agent on the relationship front. A friend has told the Daily Mail: "Lauryn will be wanting to throw a party at this news."

Another added: "She is literally obsessed with him and has always held out hope they will end up together. She is one step closer. She has been waiting patiently to see if they [Annie and Kyle] would stay together and now things have got really bad between them she will, of course, be feeling like she is in with a chance. The feeling that those around her have is that she would love to be Mrs Walker."

Goodman will not be fading into the background, with there supposedly plans on her part – after launching her own podcast – to land major television roles under the guidance of agent and former I’m A Celebrity star Nicola McLean. A source has told the Mail: “Lauryn wants to be famous, and it’s as simple as that. She is determined to stay in the limelight and do right for her kids. It is unlikely Annie will stop hearing of her anytime soon.”

Walker and Kilner met when the former was 18 years old and playing for home-town club Sheffield United. They married in November 2022, but are now seemingly set to go their separate ways – with Kilner looking to land around half of Walker’s supposed £27 million ($35m) fortune.