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... Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFP via Getty Images Share this story 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: