Coventry City are set to break their transfer record for Carl Rushworth – they’ll need to do it again

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Coventry City have had to wait to get their man but goalkeeper Carl Rushworth is finally on his way back to the Coventry Building Society Arena for a reported club record fee of £22.5 million. Rushworth was ever-present for Coventry as they won the Championship last season, helping them to secure a return to the Premier League after 25 years away. The Premier League promotion transfer dilemmaFrank Lampard led Coventry back to the Premier League (Image credit: Getty Images)Coventry are a potent example of the challenges faced by teams promoted from the Championship. As emphatic as their promotion was in the end, Coventry were not a Premier League-ready team coasting in the Championship. Signing Rushworth – the second new addition to break the club record after defender Aurele Amenda – is still just the beginning.