Liverpool board have made their feelings clear on sacking Arne Slot after 'bust-up' - Ex-PL CEO

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Fri 12 December 2025 19:00, UK Liverpool chief executive Michael Edwards is more to blame than Arne Slot amid the ongoing Mo Salah saga.That is according to ex-Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who doesn’t think Slot is the problem at Liverpool.Salah has said he has no relationship with Slot, and the 33-year-old looks set to leave Anfield in the January transfer window.Slot had benched Salah for three consecutive games, before the Egyptian came out strongly against the club following Liverpool’s 3-3 draw at Leeds.Arne Slot to ‘get the full backing’ at LiverpoolEverton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes Slot will continue to be backed by the Liverpool board.Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness though insists that the club will still be expecting Slot to qualify for the Champions League.He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “Well, we discussed last week that I don’t think Slot is necessarily the problem. It seems to be above Arne Slot, and I’m looking at the Michael Edwards up there and that’s where I think the problems are.

I think Slot has sort of come in in clock shadow and therefore, I just think that Slot is going to be okay. I think the board have come out, and they’re going to stick with him, which they should do and I think he’s going to be okay.

“I don’t think he is the root of the problem here, and so I think Slot will get the full backing and will carry on. If they don’t qualify for the Champions League next year, then I think Slot would be gone.