Coventry City is about to break their transfer record by signing a Premier League star for £20 million!
Coventry City are eager to break their transfer record with their first signing since earning promotion back to the Premier League, reports say.
Last season, Coventry, led by Frank Lampard, won the Championship title with an impressive 95 points, securing their spot in the top league once again.
The Midlands team hasn’t been in the Premier League since 2001 and is ready to make some big changes to their squad to compete at this higher level.
But one thing is clear: Coventry want to keep their main goalkeeper, who played a huge role in their promotion.
Carl Rushworth, on loan from Brighton, kept 17 clean sheets in 46 league games and was picked for the Championship Team of the Season.
The England Under-21 goalkeeper impressed so much that there was talk of England’s coach Thomas Tuchel watching him closely.
Even though he still belongs to Brighton, Coventry want to sign Rushworth permanently. Journalist Sam Cohen shared that they’ve made an offer of £20 million for him.
He told his 171,000 followers on X that talks are still happening.
If the deal goes through, Rushworth would become Coventry’s most expensive signing ever.
Right now, the record is held by striker Haji Wright, who joined for £7.7 million in 2023 and has scored 49 goals in 124 games. Before that, the highest fee was £5.5 million for Craig Bellamy from Norwich City in 2003.
This loan to Coventry is Rushworth’s sixth, and he hasn’t played a first-team game for Brighton yet.
At 24, he believes these loans have helped him grow into the goalkeeper he is today, ready for the Premier League.
In a March interview with Sky Sports, Rushworth said, “When I was young, I talked with Brighton about going on loan. My first was at 18 with Worthing in the seventh tier. I didn’t care about the level; I just wanted to play and get used to the physical side of the game because I was small and often pushed around.
“Playing 30 games there, then moving up to League Two and League One step by step was huge for me. Now, at 24, with around 160 league games under my belt, I’m proud of where I am. Without those experiences, I might have gotten lost in the system and not developed into the goalkeeper I am now.”