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🚨 RUShWORTH IS OFFICIALLY COVENTRY'S, CLUB RECORD DEAL CONFIRMED!

5 August 2026, 07:22
πŸ“ THE FULL PICTURE: Carl Rushworth is staying put. Coventry City locked up the 25-year-old goalkeeper on a permanent deal from Brighton, fresh off his loan spell at the CBS Arena. The price tag? Reportedly a club record Β£22m, though neither side's confirming that number, and the contract length stays under wraps too. All we know is it's "long-term." Rushworth was a machine last season, playing all 46 league games and racking up 17 clean sheets while Coventry won the Championship, ending that brutal 25-year Premier League exile. Wild part? He never played a senior game for Brighton. Seven years in their system, six loan stops, and now he's finally found home. Manager Frank Lampard's hype is real: top pro, great character, huge impact. πŸ’­ MY TAKE: This is the feel-good transfer of the window, dude. A guy who bounced around on loan for seven years, never got a sniff at Brighton, then becomes the backbone of a title-winning promotion run? That's cinema. Paying club record money for your loan star says everything about how much Coventry believes in him. The emotions in that quote are real, you can't fake that. Worth every penny to end a 25-year wait. Let's go!
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