Frank Lampard backs Carl Rushworth to play for England one day

CommentsSportAndy Turner Coventry City reporter16:03, 09 Mar 2026Frank Lampard has backed Carl Rushworth to play for England in his career after another outstanding game in goal for Coventry City.

The Sky Blues loan star from Brighton kept his 12th clean sheet of the season in Saturday’s 2-0 win at Bristol City, topping an all-round impressive performance with a brilliant stop to deny Scott Twine at the end.

The 3,409-strong travelling fans sang “England’s number one...” towards the end of the game at Ashton Gate where City chalked up their fifth consecutive Championship win to keep the league leaders on course for automatic promotion.

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Asked about the 24-year-old’s display, Lampard said: “He made a big save late, right, but other than that there were lots of things that were sort of bouncing into him that can sometimes squirm away. And he was fantastic; his decision making, his kicking and his levels of performance have been outstanding and only growing now. The fans love him and you see that at the end.

“He’s an easy maintenance player, just really professional. He’s a high, high talented goalkeeper, Rushy, and he can go as far as he wants to go.”

Asked if international football is a reasonable target for him, the England midfield legend insisted: “Oh yeah, for sure. I mean, without telling any England manager what to do...

“I know Jordan Pickford who I worked with (at Everton) and is an incredible goalkeeper, and the goalkeepers are around him. But Rushy, just to isolate him, he’s got absolutely the talent to be able to play for his country, in my opinion.

“He just needs to keep working but the levels he’s playing at are really, really good and he’s been a big signing for us.”

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