Overview
- Coventry submitted a formal bid for Rushworth over the weekend and are currently waiting for Brighton’s response.
- The offer is reported at about £20 million, which would smash Coventry’s transfer record of £7.7 million.
- Rushworth played every league game for Coventry last season, kept 17 clean sheets, won the Championship Golden Glove, and is said to be open to a permanent return.
- Rushworth has 12 months left on his Brighton contract with a one-year extension option and his agent has insisted any move must guarantee regular first-team football.
- Brighton’s decision may hinge on their own goalkeeper plans — notably the future of Bart Verbruggen — and the outcome could trigger further transfers that shape both clubs’ summer business.