Ian Rapoport reported on Wednesday that the 49ers will not be trading Gould, which general manager John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed on Thursday.
San Francisco placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on Gould in February with the hopes of negotiating a new long-term deal before the July 15 deadline to do so.
"Yeah, you know, we placed a franchise tag on him," Lynch told reporters on Thursday. "Robbie is not here with us. These are voluntary workouts right now. As I said the other day, Robbie is a guy who we respect in a big way for the way he's performed for us, for the teammate he's been, and we're hopeful that we can figure something out to keep him here for a long time.
"Robbie had his comments. We'll choose to deal directly with Robbie, not through the media in terms of the negotiations and all. But, we're hopeful we can find some resolution on this thing, and in the interim, we know Robbie will be ready to play."
Gould is in the Chicago area with his family. It's where the kicker calls home and the belief is that he would like to return to the Chicago Bears, where he played for 11 seasons.
"Yeah, we love having Robbie here," Shanahan said. "We understand that he doesn't want to live here long-term, and he's made that clear to us, and we get that. But, we do have a franchise tag and he's that good of a kicker that he's worth franchising.
"So, unfortunately, we know we're not going to have him long-term here. I think that's been pretty clear. No hard feelings about that. I do understand his reasons. But, pretty excited to have a good kicker this year."
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