Antonio Arena, hailing from the far reaches of Australia and born on the 10th of February in 2009 (making him a strapping lad of 16 years old), has made a name for himself on the international football stage. He's a forward, with his skills being put to best use when he's making runs, taking shots, and scoring goals from the Centre Forward position.
Currently, he finds himself at Roma, strutting his stuff in world-renowned Italian Serie A. Despite his young age and being a good few miles from home, Antonio has taken to the European football scene like a duck to water.
As far as the financials are concerned, and do bear with me, because my maths is not what it used to be. Antonio's current market value is estimated to be in the region of €1.00m. To bring that into a more familiar context, and after a swift currency conversion, that's roughly £900,000, give or take a few pennies. This imposing figure comes courtesy of the renowned football resource Transfermarkt.
Nevertheless, Antonio has never donned the green and white hoops of Celtic, meaning his time under the Parkhead floodlights cannot be examined in greater detail. Yet, who knows what the future might hold. In football, as in life, never say never.
