arsenal and southampton are battling it out over a deal worth £1m for newcastle keeper freddie woodman the england under 19, who plays for the national team against france on tuesday evening as they target a place in the european championship finals, is one of the biggest prospects in the game woodman, the 18 year old who is the son of newcastle’s keeper coach andy woodman, has already represented england at under 16 and under 17 level freddie woodman holds the ball during a newcastle united training session last month  woodman (centre) makes a save during an u21 premier league match against stoke earlier this month  arsenal and saints are both looking to the future and woodman, who is a regular in newcastle’s under 21 team, is on the wanted list woodman, who has been on the bench for the first team, helped england win the under 17 championships in malta last summer newcastle want woodman to stay at st james’ park, but the young keeper will be tempted by interest from other teams in the barclays premier league arsenal and saints, who have already put down their markers for the keeper, would allow woodman out on loan next season to gain vital first team experience woodman (second right) catches the ball during a session with newcastle goalkeeping coach and father andy 
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freddie woodman, 18, is one of the biggest prospects in the game . woodman plays for england u19 against france on tuesday evening . arsenal and southampton are battling it out over a £1m deal 