Sunderland are eyeing Hartlepool United defender Jack Baldwin.
The People says the Black Cats are utilising the experience of Paul Bracewell to look after their young players, and their former skipper was dispatched last week to run the rule over the 20-year-old defender.
Baldwin has been likened to Liverpool legend Alan Hansen.
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