Carl Rushworth hopes to make his Premier League ambitions come true, and would love for it to be with Coventry City.
The 24-year-old goalkeeper has been with Brighton since 2019 but has never played a first-team game for the Seagulls.
However, he is closing in on 200 career appearances after spells on loan with Worthing, Walsall, Lincoln, Swansea, Hull and now the Sky Blues, for whom he has kept nine clean sheets in 29 league appearances.
Rushworth told BBC CWR: "It's been better than I expected. I have always known we'd be successful, but to this level, I didn't know."
Amid speculation about his future, the one-time England Under-21 international added: "I've always wanted to play in the Premier League and playing for England would be the cherry on top.
"If we make history and are in the Premier League next season, if the option was there I'd 100% love to be here – I love everything about the club."
Rushworth's last clean sheet came on Boxing Day, having conceded in eight games in all competitions since then as the Sky Blues' 10-point lead at the top was wiped out with a run of 15 points from a dozen league games.
Rushworth said: "Nothing really changes in terms of mentality. We know how difficult this league is and we have to take each game as it comes.
"The final 16 games are 'cup finals'. Everybody is on the same page, everybody knows what we want to achieve together as a group.
"We know we've been in a difficult spell but the togetherness is just as high as it was when we were on a streak of winning games.
"I'm not concerned. I think we just need to get back to playing freely how we were, get a bit of confidence back.
"We're top of the league, we have nine clean sheets, we're going through a tough spell but we've put ourselves in a really good position.
"We're hoping to go on another run and finish the season strong."
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