Guillem Balague
Guillem Balague says player ‘would be more than happy’ to play for Leeds
Well-known Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague has given his take on speculation that Leeds United are interested in signing Rodrigo from Valencia. According to Gianlucadimarzio.com. Leeds want to sign Spain international Rodrigo from La Liga outfit Valencia. Head coach Marcelo Bielsa wants to wrap up the signing of the 29-year-old – who can play as a striker or as a winger before the Whites’ opening Premier League game of the season against Liverpool on September 12. Balague, who works for BBC Sport and is a well-known Spanish football expert, believes that Rodrigo would be a good signing for Leeds. What a proposition (Valencia’s) Rodrigo/Leeds as reported! The player would be more than happy to play for Bielsa and for a club like #LUFC. Fast, goalscorer, hard worker without...
Balague shares what he has been told about Thiago to Liverpool move + PL clubs he wants to join
Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara has been heavily linked with a move to Liverpool this summer. Bayern’s chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has recently admitted the player is seeking a new challenge, and therefore he will leave the German giants. The 29-year-old is out of contract at the Allianz Arena in 2021. And Bayern are demanding a fee in the region of €35m for the former Barcelona midfielder. According to Spanish football expert, Guillem Balague, the Spain international will leave the German club this summer. Thiago wants to play in the Premier League, and he wants to join either of Liverpool, Manchester United or Arsenal. [embedded content] However, it doesn’t look like Liverpool would move for him. Balague has suggested that Thiago doesn’t ...
Guillem Balague claims reported Newcastle United target will not switch clubs
Well-known football journalist Guillem Balague has written in Sport that Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale will not join Newcastle United in the summer transfer window. According to Marca, Newcastle are interested in signing former Tottenham Hotspur star Bale from Spanish and European giants Madrid this summer. Balague, though, has claimed that the 30-year-old Wales international winger will not move to the Magpies this summer. Balague wrote in Sport: “Financial fair play will prevent Newcastle from becoming a City at the same speed as Manchester because they were able to start the transformation before the economic limits imposed by UEFA and the Premier reached. “Newcastle will be able to spend a net €30 million (£26.82 million) a year. Gareth Bale, one of the footballers who has sounde...
Journalist claims Mike Ashley wants Newcastle United fans to appreciate him
Well-known football journalist Guillem Balague has written in Sport that current Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley and the club’s fans do not like each other. Balague has claimed that Ashley thinks that he has does a lot for Newcastle, and that the English businessman should be appreciated for that by the fans. According to The Sun, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund are on the verge of buying he Magpies from Ashley. Balague wrote in Sport, as translated by The Mag: “The Newcastle fans are about to get rid of an owner who despises them. The feeling is mutual, of course. “Mike Ashley believes that he has done a lot for the club (investing his time and money, mainly) and that this should be returned in appreciation and acceptance of his strange decisions. “I am not talking about vomiting...
Balague claims which club reported Tottenham Hotspur target Rakitic wants to join
Well-known Spanish football journalist Guillem Balague has claimed on his YouTube channel that reported Tottenham Hotspur target Ivan Rakitic wants to join Sevilla in the summer transfer window. However, according to Balague, Sevilla will wait until the end of the window to make their move due to the cost involved. According to Mundo Deportivo, Tottenham are interested in signing the Croatia international midfielder this summer. Football in England and Spain is suspended at the moment due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it remains to be seen when the season resumes or when the summer transfer window opens. Balague said about Rakitic on his YouTube channel: “He wants to go to Sevilla, but Sevilla are going to leave it until the last second because right now they don’t know where they are g...
