Guillem 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 is a journalist and has written for several English and Spanish newspapers. He is currently preparing a football documentary and also the first Pep Guardiola 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 commuter newspaper '' The Metro'' commenting 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 CADENA SER, where he features on phone-ins regularly Balagué and

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presented '' The Game'' podcast, hosted by ''The Times'', for the

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season. Balagué appeared as a contestant on an episode of ''

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'' 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, Euro Leagues'' podcast.

Involvement in football

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

Books

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Balague, Guillem 1968 births Living people Writers from Barcelona Spanish journalists Spanish non-fiction writers Spanish expatriates in England 20th-century births