Newcastle fought off fierce competition to sign Antonio from Malaga in 2025. He'd been identified by Spanish giants Barcelona and others as a future talent to getting him to Newcastle was quite a coup for the recruitment department.

Raw, but with buckets of skill and bags of pace the Spain U19 international was loaned out immediately to Westerlo, at team in the top flight of Belgian football to gain experience at a higher level than he'd been used to up to that point in his career.