Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva is shocked by how much of the French champions' day-to-day affairs gets leaked to the press and suggested "maybe it is a player" who is passing the information on.
Suspicions of a "mole" within Les Parisiens' squad are nothing new and it is something that predates the arrival of Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) in 2011.
New coach Unai Emery learned of "the mole" recently when news of an exchange between the Spaniard and certain key players over the team's preferred style of play hit the headlines.
Silva, 32, did not deny the exchange took place and stated "speaking together is important" before calling the player, or member of staff, leaking the information "unintelligent."
"What is said in the dressing room must stay there," Silva told journalists in the mixed zone after PSG's 2-1 win away at AS Nancy-Lorraine on Saturday. "It is incredible so much of this sort of thing gets out in the press.
"Maybe it is a player who speaks with you [the press], maybe it is somebody else. Either way, it is unintelligent.
"The meeting was important but sometimes we speak with our families at home too, yet you do not portray us badly for doing that. Speaking is important, as well as listening; doing this makes progress. As we can see, results have been better since."
Silva played the full 90 minutes as PSG made light of Nancy's synthetic pitch, six important absentees, and the usual problems posed in the first match back after a demanding international break.
Lucas Moura and Edinson Cavani's goals inside the first 20 minutes of the match were enough to secure the three points but Silva conceded he and his teammates "did not play well" at Stade Marcel Picot and thought Nancy's synthetic pitch was "difficult" and "dangerous for the players."
"We did not play well but the result was the most important thing," Silva said. "We needed to win to build confidence ahead of Basel next Wednesday. Even if there were changes here, I think other players will have recovered by Wednesday."
PSG welcome Basel to Parc des Princes in the Champions League on Wednesday before bitter rivals Marseille travel to Paris for Le Classique on Sunday.