Why 49ers insider doubts Brandon Aiyuk will be traded

The future of receiver Brandon Aiyuk is one of the biggest storylines to watch for the San Francisco 49ers this offseason. After reports that the team would release him , it sounds as if Aiyuk's status is a little more complicated than that. Ideally, the 49ers would still like to recoup something for Aiyuk with a trade.

But ESPN's 49ers reporter Nick Wagoner doesn't think that's likely. He told "The John Keim Report" that he doubts a trade will happen because of Aiyuk's contract. “I personally don’t think there will be a team that is going to trade for him," Wagoner said.

"Brandon Aiyuk sort of has a de facto no-trade clause without having a no-trade clause in the sense that his current contract—if any team trades for him, they’re gonna want him to take a reworked contract. So he can have say on whether he does that or not. That’s why I find it very hard to believe the 49ers are gonna find a trade partner that’s willing to give up something to get him under his current contract.

” Nick Wagoner on the 49ers possibly trading Brandon Aiyuk: “I personally don’t think there will be a team that is going to trade for him. Brandon Aiyuk sorta has a de facto no trade clause without having a no trade clause in the sense that his current contact— if any team trades… pic. twitter.