Marco Rose will take charge of Bournemouth this summer after agreeing a three-year contract to replace Andoni Iraola at the Vitality Stadium.
NOP NIGERIA reports that the club confirmed earlier this month that Iraola, 43, will leave at the end of the season after deciding not to sign a new deal. Bournemouth have now moved quickly to line up his successor, with the German coach emerging as their preferred choice.
Rose was shortlisted alongside Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna and Rayo Vallecano manager Inigo Perez before the Cherries settled on the former RB Leipzig head coach.
The 49-year-old has been out of work since leaving Leipzig in March 2025 and will be taking his first job in English football.
In a statement, Bournemouth said: “Everyone at AFC Bournemouth looks forward to welcoming Marco to Vitality Stadium as he begins his role as head coach in the summer.
“The club’s immediate focus remains firmly on finishing the current campaign as strongly as possible, with the players and staff continuing to show full commitment to achieving positive results and building on the current 13-game unbeaten run.”
Rose began his coaching journey in 2012 with Lokomotive Leipzig before rising through the Red Bull network. He enjoyed major success at Red Bull Salzburg, winning two Austrian Bundesliga titles and the Austrian Cup, and later managed Borussia Monchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund.
His most recent spell at RB Leipzig brought silverware, including the DFB-Pokal and the DFL-Supercup.
Rose had also been linked with Tottenham earlier this year following the dismissal of Thomas Frank, but Bournemouth have won the race for his signature.
He arrives at a club enjoying one of the strongest periods in its history. Bournemouth sit eighth in the Premier League after Saturday’s win at Newcastle and trail sixth-placed Chelsea only on goal difference.
The Cherries are on a 13-match unbeaten run and remain firmly in the hunt for European football, raising the prospect that Rose could begin his tenure with continental competition.
