Bailey Wright: 'I have loved every minute of my time at Sunderland'

Defender looking forward to playing more football after loan move.

Bailey Wright says he has ‘loved every minute’ of his time at Sunderland after he completed a loan move to Rotherham.

The 30-year-old joined the Championship strugglers on deadline day, agreeing a loan deal for the rest of the season.

He, though, says he leaves Sunderland with a heavy heart but is excited to be playing more football.

"I've not played as much as I would have liked at Sunderland this season, I've had to be patient and wait for my moments to play,” Wright said.

“I'm one of those players who wants to be out there playing as regularly as I can and competing for places as much as I can. I feel there's a really good chance for me here.

"I've got big ambitions for myself still in my career. I really want to keep pushing on in my career and I feel this is a really good fit to keep creating good memories - by no means am I done.

"I've loved every minute of my time at Sunderland but I'm not one of those who is happy when they're not playing, and my game time there is getting limited.

“It's a good squad having a good season. There've been a few opportunities and once I spoke to gaffer, it felt like the most suitable place to do my best and add to the group.

"I'm thankful to Sunderland but I'm now fully focused on making my time at Rotherham a success."

Rotherham United

Wright was a wanted man throughout January and it is easy to see why. Portsmouth held a very strong interest, and former boss Lee Johnson wanted to take him to Scotland.

He turned them all down, but Rotherham were able to tempt him.

"I heard of the interest last night and spoke to the gaffer," Wright said.

"The opportunity to come here and play my football at a really good club, it excited me and I liked what I heard. I want to be part of it and to do what I can to push us on.

"Rotherham is a club I know well - I've played against them a lot over the course of both my career and of course the last season or so.

"From the outside looking in it's a really good club with a really good group of lads. What the manager wants from me is me in a nutshell, to be the best version of myself and a proper defender. That sounded good to me.”

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