Kyle Walker has revealed why he chose AC Milan after joining the club on loan from Manchester City. Walker' move from the Premier League champions was confirmed on Friday night, with the defender penning a heartfelt social media message to the club, their fans, and his family and wife, Annie Kilner.
![[Walker's move to Milan was confirmed on Friday, with him joining under the end of the season]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/21/94491225-0-image-a-37_1737753940196.jpg)
The 34-year-old is set to start the new chapter of his life alongside Kilner and their four children after the couple seemingly patched up their relationship having been on the verge of divorce. His private life was turned upside down in December 2023 when it was revealed that he had fathered a secret daughter with reality star Lauryn Goodman in 2022. The pair also had a son in 2020. Childhood sweetheart Kilner, who started dating Kyle when she was 16, was pregnant with their fourth child at the time.
![[He has revealed that former England - and new AC Milan - team-mate Tammy Abraham (second left) convinced him to join]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/21/94491829-0-image-a-46_1737754142987.jpg)
She had been planning on divorcing him but the couple put on a united front this Christmas at the family home with their four children, Roman, 13, Riaan, eight, six-year-old Reign and baby Rezon. Now, they are ready to start their new chapter in Italy, with Walker also taking shirt number 32 - the number world star Beckham wore when he played for the club between 2009 and 2010.
![[Walker's wife, Annie Kilner (pictured with three of their children Roman, 12, Riaan, eight, and Reign, six, in December 2023) has joined him in Milan with Walker fighting for his marriage]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/21/93626035-0-His_estranged_wife_served_him_with_divorce_papers_in_October_pic-a-45_1737754023692.jpg)
Kyle Walker has taken David Beckham's old shirt number at AC Milan after joining Italian side. Walker's move to Milan was confirmed on Friday, with him joining under the end of the season. He has revealed that former England - and new AC Milan - team-mate Tammy Abraham (second left) convinced him to join.
![[Beckham played for Milan on two occasions on loan, and Walker revealed he took the number because of the former England captain]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/24/21/94492325-0-Beckham_played_for_Milan_on_two_occasions_on_loan_wearing_No_32-a-55_1737755287226.jpg)
