The Wellington Phoenix will be based in Australia for at least the start of the 2020/21 A-League football season.Due to travel restrictions brought on by Covid-19, the club's players and coaching staff have begun to assemble in New South Wales to begin preparations for the new campaign, starting on December 27. That'll give the Phoenix eight weeks to get up to speed ahead of their first game, with the playing schedule to be released next month.Amongst the team is All White Clayton Lewis. It will be his time playing with his hometown team, Lewis has years of experience across New Zealand as well as several years in the UK.He joined Martin Devlin to discuss joining the Phoenix and the move to Australia, as well as touching on the mental toll playing overseas can take on you.LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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