Bailey Wright capped a fine domestic season with promotion back to the Championship and has been awarded with an international call-up for his fine vein of form. The Black Cats defender will be part of the Socceroos' 29-man squad ahead of their World Cup play-off qualifier against the United Arab Emirates on June 8.
If the Yellow and Greens are triumphant, they'll face Peru for a place at the World Cup in Qatar. The 29-year-old has been in and out of the squad during the qualification process but he remained hopeful that his form with Sunderland would see him rewarded with another international call-up.
“Whenever squad selection comes around, you’re always eager to see if you’ve got a call-up and this time around, I was itching to see if I’d made the squad,” Wright told Socceroos.com.au. "You always want to be a part of it. Every time a squad comes around, the feeling and the buzz when you get called up never goes away.
