Roker Roundup: Lamine Kone is a free agent after release & Oxford boss on Maguire availability
There are a bunch of former Sunderland players in the news today - Chris Maguire, Lamine Kone, Papy Djilobodji, Richie Ryan and Connor Shields to be exact.
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Robinson unaware of Maguire availability
Sunderland released Chris Maguire earlier in the week, with the playmaker’s spell at the Stadium of Light ending after three years.
The 32-year-old departs with 124 appearances in all competitions for the club, scoring 28 times and providing 26 assists in those games.
With his future up in the air, Oxford United manager Karl Robinson was asked about him possibly returning to a club where he played 79 times in a two year period but Robinson told the Oxford Mail that the Scottish international is not currently on his radar:
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Lynch discusses Sunderland spell
Joel Lynch is still a free agent after being released by Sunderland at the end of last season, once the season had been called to an early end thanks to Covid-19.
He has had trained with Bolton Wanderers, Southend United and Charlton Athletic as he looks for a new club and has spoken to Football League World about the difficulties of being a free agent in the current climate.
Lynch also discussed his spell at the Stadium of Light, how he could not turn the opportunity down, and how he thinks Phil Parkinson was never the man to take Sunderland up to the Championship:
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Charlie Wyke smashed a number of records as he scored four times during Sunderland’s 4-1 victory over Doncaster Rovers on Saturday afternoon.
The Sunderland striker became the first Sunderland player to score two league hat-tricks in the same season since Marcus Stewart in 2004/2005, while his third goal of the match was his 100th of his career.
Doncaster notched a consolation after Taylor Richards’ shot rebounded off the back of Lee Burge, who also saved two penalties.