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Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou says he has "no doubt" somebody at the club has been leaking team news this season.
Online rumours had suggested winger Wilson Odobert would miss his side's Europa League fixture against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday.
The Frenchman, 20, was subsequently named in the squad but remained an unused substitute during the 1-1 last-eight first-leg draw.
A disappointed Postecoglou said on Friday: "There is no doubt we've got a leak inside the club. Someone continues to leak out information and they have all year.
"I don't know why as it just makes our job even more difficult. It doesn't help us, as you don't want to give the opposition a helping hand.
"We've narrowed it down. I've got a fair idea where it's coming from. We will deal with it.
"It certainly doesn't help us on game days. It's sometimes half-truths and sometimes more. You'd like to think that everyone within our camp is working with us rather than against us."
Spurs travel to Wolverhampton on Sunday after a 3-1 win over bottom club Southampton last weekend ended a run of four Premier League games without victory.
Postecoglou's side are 14th in the table with just 37 points from 31 games.
Tottenham have struggled with injuries this season [Getty Images]
It's fair to say quite a few things have got under Postecoglou's skin recently.
Here's a rundown of the main ones.
Postecoglou appeared to cup his ear in the direction of the travelling Spurs support during the defeat to Chelsea when substitute Pape Sarr, whose introduction was booed four minutes earlier, appeared to score an equaliser. The goal was then disallowed for a foul by Sarr in the build-up.
The Australian boss later denied he was goading the fans and instead wanted them to get really excited.
Postecoglou is perhaps the highest profile opponent of the video assistant referee (VAR) among Premier League managers.
After Sarr's strike against Chelsea was ruled out following a five-minute check, he said VAR was "killing the game".
"It's not the same game it used to be," said Postecoglou. "You just don't know what you're going to get. You're standing around for 12 minutes. It's killing the game. But no-one cares about that.
Earlier this month, the Spurs boss said he "won't accept" fans putting phones in his face because he believes it is a "bullying" tactic.
"They want their five minutes of fame," he added. "For young people, [phones] are more dangerous than any other weapon in the world.
This week Postecoglou argued everything Spurs do is seen in a negative light.
Some fans thought Brennan Johnson, having scored twice, should have been given the chance to complete his hat-trick when he won a late penalty against Southampton last weekend.
Instead the ball was handed to nominated penalty taker Mathys Tel, who scored to make it 3-1.
"The one slight against this club is that it hasn't been a winner. Well a winner's mentality in the last minute of a game is to score a goal," added Postecoglou.
"We scored a goal, and yet somehow in this ultimate universe in which everything Tottenham does is wrong, that's negative.
"We're in a position where even the good stuff we may do is turned into some sort of glass half full kind of rhetoric."
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Online rumours had suggested winger Wilson Odobert would miss his side's Europa League fixture against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday.
The Frenchman, 20, was subsequently named in the squad but remained an unused substitute during the 1-1 last-eight first-leg draw.
A disappointed Postecoglou said on Friday: "There is no doubt we've got a leak inside the club. Someone continues to leak out information and they have all year.
"I don't know why as it just makes our job even more difficult. It doesn't help us, as you don't want to give the opposition a helping hand.
"We've narrowed it down. I've got a fair idea where it's coming from. We will deal with it.
"It certainly doesn't help us on game days. It's sometimes half-truths and sometimes more. You'd like to think that everyone within our camp is working with us rather than against us."
Spurs travel to Wolverhampton on Sunday after a 3-1 win over bottom club Southampton last weekend ended a run of four Premier League games without victory.
Postecoglou's side are 14th in the table with just 37 points from 31 games.
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Tottenham have struggled with injuries this season [Getty Images]
Four things to annoy Postecoglou in recent weeks
It's fair to say quite a few things have got under Postecoglou's skin recently.
Here's a rundown of the main ones.
Fans
Postecoglou appeared to cup his ear in the direction of the travelling Spurs support during the defeat to Chelsea when substitute Pape Sarr, whose introduction was booed four minutes earlier, appeared to score an equaliser. The goal was then disallowed for a foul by Sarr in the build-up.
The Australian boss later denied he was goading the fans and instead wanted them to get really excited.
VAR
Postecoglou is perhaps the highest profile opponent of the video assistant referee (VAR) among Premier League managers.
After Sarr's strike against Chelsea was ruled out following a five-minute check, he said VAR was "killing the game".
"It's not the same game it used to be," said Postecoglou. "You just don't know what you're going to get. You're standing around for 12 minutes. It's killing the game. But no-one cares about that.
Phones
Earlier this month, the Spurs boss said he "won't accept" fans putting phones in his face because he believes it is a "bullying" tactic.
"They want their five minutes of fame," he added. "For young people, [phones] are more dangerous than any other weapon in the world.
'Negative' agenda
This week Postecoglou argued everything Spurs do is seen in a negative light.
Some fans thought Brennan Johnson, having scored twice, should have been given the chance to complete his hat-trick when he won a late penalty against Southampton last weekend.
Instead the ball was handed to nominated penalty taker Mathys Tel, who scored to make it 3-1.
"The one slight against this club is that it hasn't been a winner. Well a winner's mentality in the last minute of a game is to score a goal," added Postecoglou.
"We scored a goal, and yet somehow in this ultimate universe in which everything Tottenham does is wrong, that's negative.
"We're in a position where even the good stuff we may do is turned into some sort of glass half full kind of rhetoric."
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