SANTA CLARA – Coach Kyle Shanahan got peppered Saturday with questions about injured wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk’s darkening future with the 49ers, two days before they host a prime-time game with playoff implications against Carolina.

Shanahan confirmed the 49ers voided Aiyuk’s 2026 guaranteed money of $25 million-plus, and while not revealing what precisely led to that contractual rebuke, it occurred three months ago at the onset of training camp.

“With the contract stuff, that happened back in July,” Shanahan said after Saturday’s practice. “I knew it’d be a while for him to come back (from an October 2024 knee injury. I was hoping to get him back around this time.

“I’ve been coaching the team and I don’t deal much with injured players,” Shanahan added. “I was told a few weeks ago he

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