United tracking Black Cats starlet and other red-hot gossip

(29-10-2010) Sunderland have slapped a whopping £20m price tag on talented midfielder Jordan Henderson. The 20-year-old Englishman is being tracked by Manchester United and a host of other top clubs after a series of fine displays for the Black Cats. Elsewhere, Liverpool are ready to offer Roma's want-away striker Mirko Vucinic an escape route in January; Tottenham are eager to sign Getafe's Ghanaian midfielder Derek Boateng but face competition from Sevilla; Chelsea and Manchester United are both keeping tabs on German star Bastian Schweinsteiger who is a free agent at the end of the season; and Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier is preparing to let striker John Carew leave Villa Park, and may replace him with Manchester City forward Roque Santa Cruz.