FURIOUS Lauryn Goodman has accused her footballer ex Kyle Walker of “bullying” their son after he failed to include him in a tribute to his kids.
The Manchester City star came under fire for sharing a photo of his new football boots that featured the names of his three children with partner Annie Kilner – leaving out his 13-month-old son Kairo. Manchesterer city star denies his wife and baby The Manchester City captain is away on England duty and he’s been asked whether he has any plans to retire from international football in the near future.
Manchester City captain Kyle Walker has joked that he intends to “keep going forever” when asked about any plans to retire from international football.
Many fans slammed Kyle, 30, prompting the star to turn off comments on his Instagram post.
But Lauryn hit back last night sharing an edited photo of Kyle’s boots that included Kairo’s name and date of birth beneath the names of his other kids Riaan, Reign, and Roman.
And lashing out on her Instagram Story, Lauryn called for a public apology from Kyle and sports brand Puma, while demanding the brand remove the boots from circulation and social media.
She said: “Puma you are condoning Kyle Walker bullying his 13 month baby son by not pulling those football boots omitting Kairo Walker it is mentally damaging in a time when mental health matters.”
Walker is currently away on international duty with England and will be hoping to play a role in the Three Lions’ European Championship qualifying clash with Italy on Tuesday night. Walker was an unused substitute against Australia on Friday night as Gareth Southgate experimented with his side in the 1-0 win over Graham Arnold’s men.
While Walker’s future at club level was recently the subject of intense speculation – with Bayern Munich attempting to sign the 33-year-old before he penned a new deal at the Etihad Stadium – his future at international level has also been up for debate. It’s understood he had to be persuaded not to retire from England duty, and he’s now been quizzed on his international future. The City defender was also asked to give his thoughts on VAR and the impact it has had on the game. Walker admitted the technology has taken something away from the game, referencing Luis Diaz’s wrongly disallowed goal for Liverpool against Tottenham when discussing the flaws of the system.
I like it when it helps us out and I don’t like it when it doesn’t help us out!” he added. “Sometimes it does take away the talk about football when you’re talking with your mates about whether it was a goal or if it was offside, so it does take that out of it. Sometimes that does make it not go well.
“They’ve come out and said sorry to Liverpool about that [Diaz’s goal that was wrongly disallowed]. It’s football, it’s going to be opinions about who’s right and who’s wrong.”
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