MELBOURNE coach Mark Neeld says he has no interest in finding out the source of the false accusations that were made about his treatment of the club’s indigenous players.

Former St Kilda coach Grant Thomas wrote in an online column on Monday that Neeld had spoken with the Demons' non-indigenous players individually over the pre-season, but only addressed indigenous players as a group.

Thomas withdrew the comments after taking a phone call from Neeld.

Jason Mifsud, the AFL's national community engagement manager and most senior indigenous employee, had offered his resignation to league boss Andrew Demetriou after admitting his role in the drama.

Mifsud's comments indicated he claimed to have heard the allegation from an indigenous Melbourne player.

Neeld said he was pleased with the AFL's "swift" response after it discovered that Mifsud had discussed the allegation with Thomas.
 
After an AFL investigation discovered Mifsud was the source of the information, a meeting between Mifsud, the AFL’s Adrian Anderson and Tony Peek, and Melbourne CEO Cameron Schwab and Neeld was held at Melbourne at midday yesterday.
 
Following that meeting, the AFL held a press conference where Mifsud made a public apology to Neeld, and  Demetriou said there was not "a scintilla of truth" to the claim or what was published in the article.
 
"My part in this was done and dusted yesterday," said Neeld at a media conference on Wednesday morning.

"I was really pleased with the way the AFL dealt with it swiftly yesterday. I have received an apology and I was pleased with the way Andrew was strong in the press conference."
 
Neeld said he hasn't thought about taking legal action against former St Kilda coach Thomas or the ninemsn website for publishing the false allegations about his treatment of indigenous players.
 
The coach insisted he did not know who was the original source of the false claim that he had spoken individually to non-indigenous players before the season but to their indigenous teammates as a group.
 
"I honestly have no idea," he said.
 
Neeld deflected a question about Mifsud's ability to continue in his job.
 
"That's not a decision for me to make," he said.
 
"I'm really comfortable with the way the AFL has dealt with it."
 
Earlier on Wednesday, Demetriou told a Melbourne radio station that he would not begrudge Neeld if he sued Thomas over the allegations.
 
Neeld said finding the source of the claim was not high on his list of priorities.

"We'll deal with that if it crops up," he said.

"The last 48 hours have been pretty stressful for me and more to the point … it has been a pretty stressful time for my family."
 
In a press release last night, Melbourne player Aaron Davey "strongly denied" he was the person who gave the information to Mifsud following media speculation that he was the senior player Mifsud was referring to in Tuesday's press conference.
 
Neeld said he had spoken to Davey about the issue when The Age's Caroline Wilson first contacted him three weeks ago to check whether there was any validity to the rumour.

Neeld also spoke to Davey twice yesterday, and was happy with the player's response and the media statement put out by the club last night that indicated Davey had no issue with Neeld or the club's coaching of indigenous players.
 
The coach said Davey had his "100 per cent support".
 
When asked how Davey was feeling, Neeld was his usual direct self.
 
"(He's) disappointed," said Neeld. "He's all right. He'll go and train."
 
Neeld said the issue had distracted him from coaching the team yesterday, but it was back to business today.

"I'm disappointed. I have got a job to do, a fairly important job for the Melbourne football club," said Neeld.

"I'm really keen to go out in a moment and conduct training and get over to Perth and go over to the Eagles."