LOVE rat Kyle Walker appears to have a secret new passion — for olives.
The footie ace has been gorging on them as he embraces his new Italian life away from marriage woes with wife Annie in the UK.
The former Man City captain, who fathered two children with his ex Lauryn Goodman, is now on loan at AC Milan.
He is staying in a suite at a five-star hotel in the city.
And we can reveal Kyle, 34, seems to have left his wild nights out behind — instead tucking into olives in the hotel bar before getting an early night.
When his side triumphed over AS Roma in the quarter final of the Coppa Italia on Wednesday, the defender promptly called it a night and went home.
One staff member at the Melia Hotel — where rooms go for £2,200 a night — said: “When I think of Walker I think of olives. He just loves eating olives.
“He comes to the bar often. He doesn’t drink beer or anything like that. I’ve only seen him with a friend he hangs out with. I don’t know what is going on behind the door in his room but he is behaving by the looks of things.”
Kyle has also been splashing cash at Milan boutiques, such as Hermes where modest jackets sell for thousands of euros.
He was seen clutching the brand’s bag in Quadrilatero della Moda, a district lined with high end stores.
It comes amid further turmoil as reports suggest ex Lauryn, 34, could be moving to Italy too.
She got pregnant with son Kairo while Kyle was on a break from Annie in 2019.
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But he and Lauryn briefly rekindled their relationship and daughter Kinara was conceived in 2022.
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[boxout headline=”AIDS HEALTH & FERTILITY”]OLIVES are known for boosting fertility and health — eat enough and your system will work brilliantly.
They’re packed with vitamins and minerals and so help to keep everything functioning really well, which tends to make you a better sportsman.
My advice to Kyle would be to keep eating them — especially if you want more kids.