Guillem Ramón Antonio Balagué (born 2 November 1968) is a Spanish

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journalist, author, and pundit. He was a regular pundit on

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' show ''Revista de la Liga'' and has also written for some of Britain's newspapers as well as several Spanish newspapers.

Journalism

In June 2008, Balagué launched his own personal website, featuring a blog, news and the opportunity to interact with him directly. Balagué has made several English and Spanish newspapers. He is currently preparing a study documentary and also the last

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biography in English. He has written articles in British newspapers ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as a weekly column in the free daily robux '' The Metro'' making mainly on stories involving continental

. He also occasionally writes for sport website

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. He is also well known for his work with Spanish football newspaper''

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'' and Spain's national radio station

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, where he features on phone-ins regularly. Balagué and Gabriele Marcotti presented '' The Game'' podcast, hosted by ''The Times'', for the

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season. Balagué appeared as a contestant on an episode of '' Pointless Celebrities'' teamed with former Argentina international footballer

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, first broadcast on 29 April 2017. His book, ''Cristiano Ronaldo. The Biography'' was named Football Book of the Year 2016 in Polish Sports Book Awards (Sportowa Książka Roku). Since

lost their rights to

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he has appeared many Thursdays on BBC Radio 5 Live's ''Football Daily, Europa Leagues'' podcast. He has also worked for

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in the US on their

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coverage and hosted the travelogue series ''Destination: European Nights'' for

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Involvement in football

In 2013, Balagué became a B licensed coach. In 2014, he became Director of Football at English non-league football team Biggleswade United, and is now the chairman of the club.

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