Paris Saint-Germain captain Thiago Silva has the "respect" of everyone at the club, according to coach Unai Emery.
Silva's future has been the subject of debate after his representative, Paulo Tonietto, told Le Parisien that his client wants things sorted before the end of the year.
Asked for his thoughts on what the future holds for the Brazil international at his prematch news conference ahead of Friday's game with Lille, Emery said he "trusts in him to help the team improve."
"He is very experienced and all the players respect him," Emery added. "I do too. I have spoken a lot with him and I think he feels good in Paris. He has been called up for Brazil duty, so he is happy. He is very motivated, which is important for PSG. He is always the first one at training."
Silva himself has spoken with the French champions' in-house TV channel ahead of Friday's trip to Lille and acknowledged Frederic Antonetti's men "will try to make things tough for us, but that is to be expected."
"Lille are a side who play well at home," Silva added. "We need to get back to playing our own game and get back to winning ways in Ligue 1. It is important, because we are six points adrift of Nice. We do not want to let them get away from us."
Much has been made of PSG's overreliance on Edinson Cavani's goals so far this season, and Emery admitted: "We need players who can score, not just Edinson."
However, he also claimed he is "calm" when the team are at least creating chances to score.
"Whether it goes in or not is another question," Emery added. "Against Marseille, we created openings and could have scored from six of them. In my opinion, that is a good thing. We must work efficiently. We need other players, aside from Cavani, to be able to score. The players know that we need to improve in this area."
It has been a slow start to the season for PSG under Emery and they find themselves six points adrift of first-placed Nice and two behind second-placed Monaco.
But Emery said he will not be judging himself after just four months at the Parc des Princes.
"I do not believe in passing judgement just yet," Emery said. "My thoughts are dominated by work, primarily winning this match. I will take stock of things after six months."