What It Takes To Be... is delighted to have current Sunderland FC footballer Bailey Wright on our podcast.

Bailey took the plunge at the age of 16 to travel across the globe to chase his dream of becoming a professional footballer. Having played over 300 career appearances for club and country and still only 28 years old, he had huge success over a 7-year period with Preston North End between 2010-2017 being named Young Player of the season in his first proper season as a regular in the first team. They then went on to represent their homeland of Australia 24 times to now being a huge part of Sunderland FC.

We pick the brains of the mental strength that it took to move across the world in search of living his dream.