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Guillem Balagué (born 2 November 1968) is a Spanish football journalist, author, and pundit. He was a regular pundit on Sky Sports' 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 The Times and The Observer, as well as a weekly column in the free daily commuter newspaper The Metro commenting mainly on stories involving continental football. He also occasionally writes for sport website Bleacher Report. He is also well known for his work with Spanish football newspaper Diario AS and Spain's national radio station CADENA SER, where he features on phone-ins regularly Balagué and Gabriele Marcotti presented The Game podcast, hosted by The Times, for the 2007–08 Premier League season. Balagué appeared as a contestant on an episode of Pointless Celebrities teamed with former Argentina international footballer Ossie Ardiles, 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 Sky Sports lost their rights to La Liga he has appeared many Thursdays on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily, Euro Leagues podcast. He has also worked for CBS Sports in the US on their UEFA Champions League coverage and hosted the travelogue series Destination: European Nights for Paramount+. 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 A Season on the Brink: Rafael Benitez, Liverpool and the Path to European Glory: A Portrait of Rafa Benitez's Liverpool. Orion. 19 October 2006. ISBN 978-0-7528-7936-9. Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography. Orion. 15 August 2013. ISBN 978-1-4091-2946-2. Messi. Orion (published 5 December 2013). 2013. ISBN 978-1-4091-4659-9. Barça. Carlton. 6 November 2014. ISBN 978-1-78097-369-2. Cristiano Ronaldo: The Biography. Orion (published 5 November 2015). 15 November 2016. ISBN 978-1-4091-5504-1. Brave New World: Inside Pochettino's Spurs. W&N (published 26 October 2017). 8 May 2018. ISBN 978-1-4091-5771-7. References External links Official website. Discover the Guillem Balague popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Guillem Balague books.
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Maradona
Guillem BalaguéMARADONA is the definitive new biography of a true global icon, from worldrenowned football writer and journalist Guillem Balagué. Diego Armando Maradona was widely acclaimed as a ...
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Outside the Box
Duncan AlexanderIn football, numbers are everywhere. From touches in the opposition box to expected goals, clearcut chances to winloss ratios. In the modern game, these numbers help provide the n...
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Forza Italia
Paddy AgnewWhen journalist Paddy Agnew and his girlfriend Dympna touched down in Rome in 1985 in search of adventure, sunshine and the soul of Italian football (well, Paddy was looking for th...
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A Season on the Brink
Guillem BalaguéBiographical Portrait of Liverpool's Spanish football manager Rafael Benitez and an extraordinary season for the club.When Rafael Benitez was appointed manager of underachieving Li...
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Cristiano Ronaldo
Guillem BalaguéThe definitive biography of Cristiano Ronaldo, named Football Book of the Year at the Cross Sports Book Awards 2016Fully updated to include the 201718 season and Ronaldo's transfer...
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Messi
Guillem Balagué'I have seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentine football and his name is Messi' Diego MaradonaFULLY UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE 2022 WORLD CUP TRIUMPH & MESSI'S TRANS...
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A Scottish Football Hall of Fame
John CairneyThose who have been football supporters all their lives can never forget the first match they ever saw, although they might not recall the result. This is because it is the players...
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Pep Guardiola
Guillem Balagué'A mustread for anyone who's doubted Pep's influence, from handing the power to Barça's homegrown crop to never betraying his childhood romanticism of the game Four Four Two'Balagu...
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From Borroloola to Mangerton Mountain
Micheal O'MuircheartaighMicheál Ó Muircheartaigh is best known as the voice of the GAA. But his interests and enthusiasms – sporting and nonsporting – go far beyond the fields of Gaelic games. In his new ...
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Heads Up
Alan Smith'Alan's book is like his game: incisive, thoughtful, intelligent and consistently hits the target' Gary Lineker'A brilliant, articulate, thoughtful man with a wonderful sense of hu...
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Brave New World
Guillem BalaguéThe Sunday Times BestsellerThe exclusive behindthescenes story of the Mauricio Pochettino revolution at Spurs, told in his own wordsSince joining the club in 2014, Mauricio Pochett...