Marco Rose will take charge of Bournemouth from next season

Bournemouth announced on Monday that German manager Marco Rose will take charge of the Premier League club next season, succeeding the departing Andoni Iraola.

The highly rated Iraola announced last week that he will leave the club at the end of the current season after three years on England’s south coast.

Former Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig coach Rose has signed a three-year contract.

“AFC Bournemouth are pleased to confirm the appointment of Marco Rose as the club’s new head coach on a three-year contract, commencing after the end of the 2025/26 season,” the club said in a statement.

The Cherries are eighth in the Premier League, with five games remaining this season, and are chasing European qualification for the first time in their history.

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Iraola has been linked with a number of Premier League jobs and a return to Athletic Bilbao, where he spent the vast majority of his playing career.

Rose has been out of the game since being sacked by Leipzig in March 2025.

But the 49-year-old employs a style similar to the one Iraola has successfully implemented and has a track record of improving young players.

Rose has worked with the likes of Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham and Dominik Szoboszlai during his career in Germany and Austria and has extensive experience of European football.

After winning two Austrian league titles with Red Bull Salzburg, Rose led Borussia Mönchengladbach to the Champions League to earn his big move to Dortmund in 2021.

However, he lasted just one season with the German giants after finishing second in the Bundesliga behind Bayern Munich.

Rose then had a two-and-a-half year spell with Leipzig, where he won the German Cup in 2023.

Published on April 20, 2026