He clearly is a young kid with stars in his eyes and who dreams of playing in big matches in Europe's famous stadiums but this is as far as his fantasies go.
The 19-year-old winger, who was hardly known outside his club Melbourne City a year ago, has joined Scottish giants Celtic on a two-year loan deal from fellow City Football Group outfit Manchester City.
Arzani stole the show in the second half of the last A-League season and was picked in Bert van Marwijk's FIFA World Cup squad amid widespread acclaim. He was the youngest player in the tournament.
His brief performances in Russia confirmed the general belief that Iran-born Arzani is probably the finest talent to emerge in Australia since Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell.
His dribbling skills, genuine pace, directness and improvisation make him a nightmare for defenders trying to pick his mind ... mainly because, as he says, when he receives the ball he does "the first thing that comes to my mind and that makes me unpredictable".
Arzani comes across as a young person with a clever head on his shoulders and is the sort of player who will not dwell on too many platitudes and cliches when his career no doubt escalates.
Like his football, he will always be direct rather than pussyfoot around a topic. He must hate tiki-taka.
At the weekend he left a very favourable impression with the Scottish media after being unveiled by Celtic as their newest signing.
He spoke about several aspects of his raw career and the circumstances that brought him to one of the world's most famous clubs.
Yet Arzani did not fail to remind the media corps of where he came from and the extraordinary journey that took him from Iran to one of the cathedrals of European football.
"I was born in Iran but my parents took my brother and I to Australia for a better life when I was six. Then we moved back for a year when I was 10 because my grandmother was ill and we had to take care of her," he said.
"I learned the game by playing street football in Iran and I have fond memories of that.
Nobody had a football. We had these small, plastic balloons which were very light so we would burst them and then layer seven or eight of them together and wrap them in electric tape.
"It killed your feet because they were like rocks. We'd put bricks down for goalposts and then move them whenever a car came. It improved my touch and toughened me up because there were some big boys in those games and nobody was bothered about hurting you. But that made me the player I am today, playing against bigger opponents.
"That was in Dorud and Ahvaz, two of the smaller cities in Iran. But we'd just wake up in the morning, have our breakfast and then go straight out to play. You'd get a knock on the door and that would be it."
Arzani is managed by his father John and former Socceroos legend Vince Grella and between them they intend to make him immune to the dangers of European football's shark-infested waters.
He already is a very busy young man and his commitments will only get bigger if he manages to win the confidence of manager Brendan Rodgers and gain considerable game time at Celtic Park.
He also is expected to play a key role in Australia's defence of the AFC Asian Cup in January in the United Arab Emirates.
He should be a young man in a hurry in the foreseeable future but he will never forget his roots.
He used to visit his family - 95 per cent of which still live in Iran - once every year up to two seasons ago and he is determined to keep doing it.
Finding the time will be his biggest problem.
