Carl Rushworth’s £22.5m move from Brighton and Hove Albion this summer has become Coventry City’s record transfer fee, but he is only the latest in a line of significant signings the club has made over the years. From Premier League strikers to a teenage prodigy who went on to star at the highest level, here are the five biggest fees Coventry have ever paid. Loum TchaounaTchaouna joined from Burnley for £20m in July 2026, briefly making him Coventry’s record signing before Rushworth’s arrival three weeks later. The Nigeria international made 75 Premier League appearances for Brentford before that switch, along with a season on loan at Augsburg in the Bundesliga. With Coventry now among the Premier League odds contenders for survival, that top flight experience gives Lampard something the rest of his midfield largely lacks.