Footballer Kyle Walker says family court dispute would not happen if he were ‘painter and decorator’

Kyle Walker told a family court that a dispute with Lauryn Goodman over payments for their children would “not have got this far” if he were a “painter and decorator”.

The England vice-captain was involved in a legal battle with the model and influencer earlier this month over the amount of money he should pay to support their one-year-old daughter Kinara, the pair’s second child.

The two children were born outside of Mr Walker’s marriage to Annie Kilner Walker, with whom he has four sons.

The Central Family Court in London heard from Ms Goodman (33) that Mr Walker “does not think” about the situation of her and their children, while the footballer said that some of her demands were “disproportionate”.

Giving evidence, he said: “A pound is a pound, and let’s not be flippant that because I earn the amount of money that I earn, which I have done off my own back, you can just spend money and have an open chequebook.”

He said: “I do feel that because of who I am and what I do, and the money that I have, you are taking well out of consideration what is actually needed.

“If I was a painter and decorator, I don’t think we would have got this far.”

The court heard that Mr Walker (34) had seen Kairo four times and Kinara once, with Judge Edward Hess stating in his ruling that Ms Goodman “wished the relationship to develop further than it has”.

He added that Mr Walker’s decision to “draw a line” under their relationship in favour of focusing on his marriage was a “source of disappointment, anguish and anger” for Ms Goodman, and that the footballer “does not currently plan to repeat” the “small number of fleeting encounters” he has had with their children.

In her evidence, Ms Goodman said she did not want her children to be