Coventry City have signed 25-year-old goalkeeper Carl Rushworth from Brighton & Hove Albion following his successful loan at the CBS Arena. The deal is reportedly worth a club record £22m, though neither club has made the fee public or revealed the length of his long-term contract.

Rushworth played in all 46 of Coventry's league games last season, keeping 17 clean sheets as they won the Championship to end their 25-year wait to return to the Premier League. "I'm really happy, there's so many emotions that I've got," said Rushworth. "There's excitement, I can finally relax knowing it's done and that I'm back with the boys."

Rushworth never made a senior appearance for Brighton and experienced six different loans over seven years. "It's great to have Carl back with us on a permanent basis," said manager Frank Lampard. "He's a top professional, a great character and he had a huge impact on the team to help us get promoted last season."