FOOTIE chief executive Kyle Walker will be with estranged wife Annie Kilner on Christmas Day after they agreed to put their divorce aside for the sake of their children.
The 34-year-old England and Man City star is facing a major legal battle for a share of his £27million fortune in the new year.
Annie kicked him out after he secretly fathered a second child with model ex-mistress Lauryn Goodman.
But they will call a Christmas truce for their four children: Roman, 12, Riaan, eight, six-year-old Reign and baby Rezon.
A source said: “It's been a terrible 12 months. But big credit to Annie.
“Despite everything Kyle had done, she couldn't bear the thought of him waking up alone on Christmas Day without his children.
“They put everything aside to protect the children from even more grief.”
Kyle will spend Christmas morning with Annie and the kids before joining his City teammates ahead of their second Christmas clash with Everton.
Annie, 31, could then return to Sheffield to be with her family, including sister Sian.
The £150,000-a-week defender was kicked out this time last year after Lauryn, 34, revealed the truth to a then heavily pregnant Annie.
In a message sent on December 27, she wrote: “Hey, it's Lauryn. I just wanted to quickly tell you that Kyle is the father of our daughter.”
Annie kicked Kyle out and he rented a country house near the family home in Prestbury, Cheshire. In his only interview, he told The Sun days later: “What I have done is terrible and I take full responsibility.”
The couple tried to repair the damage but looked world-class during the European Championship as Kyle and his Three Lions teammates worked their way to the final before losing to Spain.
He returned to Britain a day later and within hours was in court in London for a confrontation with Lauryn over money for their daughter Kinara.
A judge accused Lauryn of using his desperation to keep the secret as “leverage” to get what she wanted.
Annie and Kyle's friends hoped the damning verdict would bring them closer together.
But it pushed them further apart and exposed the extraordinary sums of money Kyle had paid Lauryn in an attempt to win her silence.
Annie now wants a 50-50 share of his fortune as part of a “financial divorce”.
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