With a a club record transfer and a Merseyside Derby victory to discuss The Anfield Wrap isn't short of material this week.

We start with off the field matters. Philippe Coutinho has gone to Barcelona and where does this leave Liverpool's season? What should the next move be and what has brought this matters to this pass? To help us get the background on Coutinho and the club's next move we're joined by Paul Joyce, Northern Football Correspondent of The Times who has been very close to this story since the summer.

We then go on to remember the glory of Friday night, Liverpool and Virgil van Dijk delivering a knock out blow to Everton's season while being far from their best. A sign of things to come or the end of an arduous Christmas period?

Neil Atkinson hosts and is joined by Rob Gutmann, Adam Smith and Dan Morgan. This is our flagship show and is available for free but we do 50 other shows a month which are premium content. 

You can subscribe here https://www.theanfieldwrap.com/subscription/signup

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices