Kilmarnock Chairman MichaelJohnston has denied that a conversation with former Coventry City striker Kevin Kyle who is Kilmarnock club captain led to manager Jim Jeffries leaving the club.
Kyle is accused of speaking to the media about talking about a conversation regarding Jeffries tactics and the Scot who is out of contract at the end of the season now faces club disciplinary action.
"It was a subject raised by Kevin. I telephoned him to invite him to a discussion about a press article which appeared in the Daily Record on 1 January in which he made some comments about internal matters relating to medical facilities," said Johnston to BBC Radio Scotland on Saturday.
"I also said it would be an opportunity to discuss his contract extension. "In the telephone conversation I asked Kevin about the match at St Mirren which we had lost 1-0 the previous day and he complained about a lack of service in the box.
"The question of tactics was raised by him. I acknowledged his concern over tactics but I certainly didn't raise the subject and I didn't question him on it and I didn't ask him to a meeting to discuss tactics."
Johnson, who was unhappy that the departure of Jim Jeffires was leaked to the media, is keen to ensure that details of the disciplinary action against Kyle private and said: "We need to put a stop to that, so I'm not going to go into Kevin Kyle's disciplinary proceedings."