Melvin Gordon‘s agent told ESPN’s Josina Anderson that he requested last week that the Los Angeles Chargers trade his client after the team remained at their initial offer of approximately $10 million per season in contract talks.
Agent Damarius Bilbo told Anderson that Chargers general manager Tom Telesco told him that the star running back is still family, but Bilbo was not given permission to seek trade partners.
Last year, Bilbo was able to successfully convince the Miami Dolphins to move his client Jarvis Landry in a trade. Landry received the franchise tag and was then traded to the Cleveland Browns.
Gordon is holding out from training camp as he seeks a new contract. Last week, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Gordon’s holdout is expected to be prolonged and threatens to last into the season.
Gordon, 26, is scheduled to be heading into the last year of his contract, a fifth-year option worth $5.6 million.