United in top Gea

Guillem Balague has the truth on David de Gea's move to Man Utd and previews the La Liga action.

Guillem gives his verdict as he previews this week's live La Liga games

Sky Sports' Spanish football expert Guillem Balague looks at this week's Sky Live La Liga games. If you've got a question for Guillem, send it to skysportsclub@bskyb.com.
Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid
Barcelona v Almeria
Mallorca v Sevilla
Atletico Madrid v Real Sociedad
Valencia v Villarreal

Athletic Bilbao v Real Madrid
5.15pm, Sat, Sky Sports 4

There are doubts over the Real Madrid line-up here. Who will be the number nine? Who will replace Sami Khedira? Is Ángel di María going to play? That's because everybody will admit that the league has gone and there are other targets now. Jose Mourinho will have to look after his players because they are set to have three key encounters with Barcelona in the Copa del Rey Final and the Champions League semi-finals - and a fourth one in the league, which will set the tone. There is huge importance attached to the league game, for psychological reasons more than for the table, but they need to keep going and make sure they are no more than eight points behind Barcelona for next week's Clasico.

Barcelona v Almeria
7pm, Sat, Sky Sports 4

Barcelona were a bit lucky in their 5-1 Champions League win against Shakhtar Donetsk. Their opponents got it back to 3-1, but Barcelona scored with the very next move. Also, Shakhtar should have scored a second away goal and made it 4-2 at one stage. It wasn't a great performance from Xavi, none of the strikers scored and David Villa and Pedro have gone seven games without a goal. Lionel Messi has only got five goals in seven games - which isn't up to his usual standards! Pep Guardiola is very, very tense; I'll tell you more on Revista de La Liga on Tuesday.

Mallorca v Sevilla
9pm, Sat, Sky Sports 4

Sevilla are already planning for next season and they are doing so very cleverly. Ivan Rakitić is a great signing and Gary Medel is a great signing, but now they're talking about a new manager. There has been a meeting in Madrid between Marcelo Bielsa and Sevilla chairman José María del Nido, but at the moment the man who is approving and giving his football opinion on the signings for next season is Gregorio Manzano. His contract finishes at the end of the season, but nobody expects him to stay. They want a manager like Bielsa, who will have wide ideas about the club, rather than just the first team.

Atletico Madrid v Real Sociedad (second half)
7pm, Sun, Sky Sports HD2

Atletico Madrid are playing for practically nothing, but they do have a chance of getting into the Europa League and the chairman has demanded that they take maximum points from their remaining games. However, the players have to think about the future. Diego Forlan is looking for a new team and I'll explain about David de Gea's future below. Kun Aguero would like to go to Chelsea, but they think his wage demands are too high compared to the rest of their squad. The commissions due to all the people involved would be high as well, so they're not sure they're going to go for him. Meanwhile, Real Sociedad have been dropping points lately and have got involved in the relegation battle at the wrong time of the season. A month ago they looked like they would be safe.

Valencia v Villarreal
8pm, Sun, Sky Sports HD2

This is third against fourth and is the game of the weekend, for sure. It's funny how there are lots of doubts about Unai Emery, even though he has taken Valencia as far as he can in terms of league position. The fans and people within the club think he should have done better in European competition and there are questions over his future. His contract has not been renewed so we will see what happens next. The chairman, Manuel Llorente, is not sure what to do. Villarreal have done well in the Europa League, but they do struggle when they have to play in Europe because the squad is not that big. It's a fantastic story, though. They didn't have a training ground 15 years ago and look where they are now. They had eight people working at the club and now they have around 100 - and remember, this is a city of just 56,000 inhabitants. There was a promo before their Europa League game this week where they were basically saying 'Europe owes us one' because of the penalty that Juan Roman Riquelme famously missed in the 2006 Champions League semi-final against Arsenal. Well, now they are one of the favourites to make it to the Europa League Final.

Guillem answers your questions...

Got a question for Guillem? Then send it in here or use the feedback form below, and then look out for his answer next week. NEY OR YEY?
Hi, Guillem. I'm really enjoying your articles. I wanted to ask about the situation with Neymar, as he is hot property right now. Do you think that Barca will go in for him and if they do what are the chances that the transfer will go through? Keep up the great work! Cem Takaci (Barcelona fan) GUILLEM SAYS: Thanks for your kind words, Cem. Did you hear about Neymar's strange red card this week? He was already on a yellow card and then he scored a wonderful goal and celebrated by putting on a mask of himself. The referee gave him another yellow card and sent him off. He's known as somebody who isn't an easy man to handle. Yes, he has a lot of raw talent but I wonder if he would be clever enough to go to a team in the Dutch League - or something like that - to see how he deals with Europe and then go to a bigger side. He's being followed by everybody, there's no doubt about that, but who is going to put up the money to get him? I don't think any of the top sides would go for him now because of those doubts. Certainly not Barcelona. At the moment the plan is to get Cesc Fabregas or that kind of player, to get a centre back, and then if Bojan goes, to try and get a striker.

RAUL RUMOURS
Hola Guillem, I always enjoy listening to your punditry on Revista. It has been said that some English teams are interested in bringing Raul to the EPL, do you know if there is any truth to this? Could you also shed some light on the Aguero and De Gea situations at Atletico? Gracias, Shane from Ireland GUILLEM SAYS: I haven't heard anything at all about Raul coming to the Premier League. He is very happy at Schalke and he is having a fantastic season, but I also know he would have loved to have come to the Premier League. He has contacted about three people that I know of, who then contacted Sam Allardyce, Sir Alex Ferguson and Harry Redknapp to see if they were interested in getting him. But the three managers said no. As for Atletico Madrid, basically they are selling absolutely everybody apart from Kun Aguero (they don't want to get rid of him) and that includes De Gea. As I reported exclusively on my web page and my Twitter this week, Manchester United and Atletico Madrid have agreed a deal of 20-25 million euros. That figure varies because of the VAT that has to be paid. Atletico Madrid are happy to sell the player and Manchester United are happy to buy the player. The player and Man United have been in touch, but the doubt is whether De Gea - who is a 21-year-old family man in his comfort zone in Madrid - has got issues about leaving Spain behind.

ZIDANE FOR SPAIN?
Hey Guillem, Love the column. I would like to know if you think there is any truth to the rumours that Real Madrid are interested in Javier Hernandez. As a Man Utd fa,n I hope it's just rumours. I was also wondering what your opinion on Enzo Zidane is and will he play for France or Spain? Thanks Eugene GUILLEM SAYS: There's nothing happening with Javier Hernadez, nothing at all. Real Madrid are not interested in him. As for Enzo Zidane, it's still very early and they are leaving that open whether he will play for France or Spain. I saw pictures of him on YouTube from when he was a junior at Real Madrid and he is a very raw player. He's just got the Zidane name and I hope that doesn't hinder his prospects of becoming a future professional, rather than a superstar, because he's miles away from that. There are high hopes because he's got a nice physique for a footballer and a nice touch. We'll see because it's still very early.