After Leipzig lost 4-1 at the start of the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk, things happened very quickly: coach Domenico Tedesco parted ways yesterday morning, and Marco Rose was appointed as his successor in the afternoon. The former Salzburg master maker should be presented today and make his debut in the Bundesliga on Saturday – against his former club Dortmund.
The 45-year-old was the obvious solution in several respects: the native of Leipzig has lived in the region since his release in Dortmund. From his time in Salzburg, he knows the people involved in the bull stable very well. And as early as 2019, when Rose said goodbye to Austria as a champion, Leipzig was courting him.
At that time he decided on Mönchengladbach. After two seasons, Dortmund bought him out of the contract, where Rose was surprisingly released after the end of the previous season. Alexander Zickler, his assistant since the Salzburg days, will probably be part of the coaching staff again. Handenberger Rene Maric, already a companion in the Salzburg youth team, joined the English Premier League club Leeds at the end of July, where he assisted another former Salzburg coach, Jesse Marsch.
A new impulse
The American had been Tedesco’s predecessor in Leipzig. The transfer of the 36-year-old had already begun at the weekend after the 0: 4 against Frankfurt. “We have come to the conclusion that we need a new impetus,” said managing director Oliver Mintzlaff, just 109 days after the triumph in the DFB Cup, the first major title in the club’s history.
Max Eberl, who Leipzig wants to hire as head of sports after his break, will soon be another. He had guided Rose to his former club Mönchengladbach – curiously enough the next league opponent after Dortmund. In between, the Champions League duel with Real Madrid increases.
Source: Nachrichten
