How can you be so careless! Asani, I can't wait to go to Estegral as an agent amid controversy over the job+Even blue hearts

Aug 13, 2025

photo courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association

Gwangju striker Asani, who is pushing for a transfer to another team in defiance of the procedure, once again expressed his desire to move to Estegral (Iran).

Iranian online media 'Bartarinha' unveiled a conversation between Asani and agent Hamid Merrick on social media in an article dealing with the transfer wave of Albanian national winger Asani on the 12th (local time).

Merik is an agent mainly active in Iran and Uzbekistan and is believed to have helped Asani move to Estegral. Estegral signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Asani on its official channel on the 3rd. Gwangju FC will join after the contract expires, causing controversy over the transfer without agreement in Korea.

Merrick wrote "See you soon, my brother" and Asani wrote "See you soon, brother." I can't wait to go there.," he replied. I added a praying emoji and a blue heart emoji with the symbol color of Estegral. The color of Gwangju is yellow.

Asani will visit the official Instagram post of the Gwangju club at the same time and explain the situation shortly. Fans need to know everything perfectly, clearly," he said with force, "I will tell you the hidden truth."

Summarizing what this newspaper covered and reports from local Iranian media, Asani, whose contract ends this year, first negotiated with Estegral based on Boseman Rule and reached an early agreement. It is reported that he was offered a much higher amount than the annual salary he is currently receiving in Gwangju.

The problem is that the unilateral official announcement was made in the absence of an agreement between the clubs, and Estegral hopes to recruit Asani through the transfer market this summer, not after the season. Estegral mistook the system of the K-League, the spring and autumn festival, as the same spring festival as Europe, local media reported.

Estegral can sign Asani on a free contract that does not require a transfer fee in January next year, but he has to pay a transfer fee equivalent to the player's value to sign him this summer. In this section, the two sides have not yet reached an agreement. Gwangju wants more than $800,000 (about 1.1 billion won) for Asani's transfer fee, and Estegral is said to want an agreement of less than $600,000 (about 830 million won).

The K-League transfer market has already closed, but Iran's transfer market will continue until the 19th. Iranian soccer media 'Footvoli' reported that Estegral wanted Asani to join early after losing 1-2 to Traktor in the final of Iran's Super Cup on the 12th and missing the trophy. He said on the 20th that he hopes to recruit him before the 18th in time for his return match against Tractor and the opening game of the Iranian professional league.

photo courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association

Based on the news that Asani is absent from training due to injury, local media predict that the two clubs will eventually reach an agreement within this week, mentioning that Asani's stay could harm the team's atmosphere and that Gwangju will not earn a penny in four months.

"Asani is currently a Gwangju player," Gwangju coach Lee Jung-hyo said ahead of the K-League match against Pohang at Pohang Steelyard on the 10th. I couldn't train last week because I wasn't feeling well. "I'll let him go to the game when he's ready," he said. "I don't think he's going to be like that, trying to cloud the team atmosphere.'

Asani joined Gwangju in 2023 and has 18 goals and 5 assists (8 goals and 2 assists in the 2025 season) in 67 K League games so far. Yokohama F in the summer transfer market.After Marinos' transfer was canceled, he suddenly announced the transfer in the midst of 'hard carry', exploding four goals and two assists in the last five games, drawing anger from fans.

Asani posted a message on Yokohama club's SNS post during the Yokohama transfer negotiations, expressing his expectations for the transfer, but the transfer was eventually canceled due to unreasonable salary demands, causing enormous damage to Gwangju, which was looking forward to the transfer fee after the controversy over financial consolidation.