Bournemouth Will Be In Good Hands With Rose - Iraola

Bournemouth head Andoni Iraola says nan assignment of Marco Rose to switch him successful nan summertime will time off nan nine "in very bully hands".

Former Borussia Dortmund leader Rose, 49, will return complete astatine nan extremity of nan season erstwhile Iraola's statement expires.

Rose has been without a nine since he was sacked by RB Leipzig successful March 2025 and has not antecedently managed successful England.

He led Red Bull Salzburg to 2 Austrian Bundesliga titles and nan Austrian Cup, and won nan German Cup and German Super Cup pinch Leipzig.

Rose was besides 1 of nan candidates considered by Tottenham Hotspur aft nan sacking of Thomas Frank successful February.

Iraola said: "I deliberation nan nine will beryllium successful very bully hands. He's a awesome manager.

"I praised him a fewer years ago, I ever liked his teams and I dream he continues that.

"He's a bully head pinch a batch of European experience. He looks very exciting. I don't cognize him personally but I ever for illustration his teams.

"They should beryllium happy because he's personification who tin decidedly amended nan team. I'm judge nan players are happy they cognize what's happening. "

Iraola has guided nan Cherries to a 13-game unbeaten tally successful nan Premier League and they are eighth earlier facing Leeds connected Wednesday.

He could present European shot for nan first clip successful Bournemouth's history earlier departing. His adjacent occupation is not yet known.

"We are successful a bully spot successful nan standings but it's going to beryllium truthful difficult for us," Iraola said.

"We are competing against not 1 aliases 2 but a batch of teams."