{"id":45742,"date":"2026-04-12T06:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/leeds-united-inquire-about-signing-brighton-star\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T06:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T10:34:14","slug":"leeds-united-inquire-about-signing-brighton-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/leeds-united-inquire-about-signing-brighton-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds United inquire about signing Brighton star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United are reportedly among the clubs to inquire about the status of Brighton goalkeeper Karl Rushworth ahead of the summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old is currently on loan from Brighton at Championship leaders Coventry City, where he has performed well as Frank Lampard&#8217;s side close in on promotion to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above <span role=\"presentation\"><u>apple<\/u><\/span>  &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen what impact this will have on Rushworth&#8217;s future, with Coventry certainly keen to keep him if the team moves up, but Leeds have been approached about a potential deal, according to TEAMtalk.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds could sign a new goalkeeper, with Rushworth looking like a player with a big future at this level, but it could also depend on what happens with Brighton&#8217;s current number one Bert Verbruggen this summer.<\/p>\n<h2>Will Carl Rushworth get a chance at Brighton?<\/h2>\n<p>Rushworth has never actually played a single minute of a game for Brighton and is currently on his sixth loan spell from the Seagulls.<\/p>\n<p>However, Verbruggen&#8217;s impressive form has left his future in some doubt, and manager Fabian H\u00fcrzeler may need to bring in a replacement soon.<\/p>\n<p>Rushworth could be ideal and perhaps he will finally be given the role once his loan to Coventry ends this summer.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Want more catchoffside coverage? Add us <\/i><\/b><b><i><span draggable=\"true\">Google recommended sources<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i>    Add trusted news to your favorites list<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to a recent report from talkSPORT, Tottenham are interested in Verbruggen and could feature in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<p>Still, if Brighton manage to keep Verbruggen, they are certain to shut out Rushworth again, potentially paving the way for Leeds or someone else to snap up him.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United are reportedly among the clubs to inquire about the status of Brighton goalkeeper Karl Rushworth ahead of the summer. The 24-year-old is currently on loan from Brighton at Championship leaders Coventry City, where he has performed well as Frank Lampard&#8217;s side close in on promotion to the Premier League. Download the official CaughtOffSide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-45742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}