Guillem Balague

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Guillem Balague (Born Barcelona, Spain) is Sky Sports Spanish football expert and a respected journalist. He is a regular pundit on Sky Sports' show Revista de la Liga and has also written for some of Britain's top newspapers as well as several popular Spanish newspapers.

[edit] Sky Sports

A trained journalist, Guillem joined Sky Sports' Spanish football team while working in London as a correspondent for Don Balón, Spain's oldest and best selling football magazine.

He can be seen on Sky Sports weekly programme Revista De La Liga, in which he provides weekly updates from behind the glamorous scenes of La Liga, keeping viewers up-to-date with all the latest news and views.

As well as discussing the hottest topics in Spain, Guillem casts an eye towards the live games each weekend and keeps viewers posted on David Beckham's development at Real Madrid during his time at the Bernabeu, and fueling rumours of a Fernando Torres transfer to united with his superb inside knowledge of spanish football.

Guillem is also occasionally a feature on Sky Sports News in which he reports about specific events taking place in Spanish football.

Guillem Balague has given Sky Sports' live Spanish coverage and the weekly magazine show for La Liga a crucial edge thanks to his knowledge of the Spanish game, links with La Liga's clubs and contacts with his fellow Spanish journalists.

As well as television work with Sky Sports, he also has a section on the Sky Sports website called 'Guillem's Gossip' which is a 90 second video in which he gives all the latest news from La Liga.

[edit] Journalism

Guillem is a respected journalist and has written for many several English and Spanish newspapers.

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 is also well known for his work with Spanish football newspapers Marca and Diario AS as well as Spain's 2nd largest newspaper El Mundo.

[edit] Personal

Guillem hails from Barcelona, however he supports the local city team RCD Espanyol, a choice he made after seeing his side beat their local rivals FC Barcelona 5-1 in 1983.

Guillem speaks fluent English which he learnt while in University in Liverpool.

He is a close friend of Liverpool F.C coach Rafael Benitez and he even wrote a book called 'A Season on the Brink: Rafael Benitez, Liverpool and the Path to European Glory' after their dramatic Champions League victory over Ac milan in 2005.