The agent for Andre Johnson has denied approaching the Houston Texans for a trade.

The idea of a trade was broached first by the Texans after the team told Johnson they wanted him to take a reduced role and salary.

“Andre did not, in the last couple of days, go in and ask for a trade,” Kennard McGuire said. “Certain things were expressed to [Andre] in which he didn’t agree with. And at that point in time permission was thusly granted to seek an opportunity elsewhere. That was not something that we asked for. That was something that was presented to us.

“The contractual matters never did come up. The only thing that was discussed was the role and that was in fact that there would be a reduced role.”