Marco Rose has been tipped to become the next Tottenham Hotspur manager following the sacking of Thomas Frank
06:00, 13 Feb 2026
Marco Rose, Head Coach of RB Leipzig, speaks to DAZN prior to the Bundesliga match between RB Leipzig and 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 at Red Bull Arena on February 23, 2025 in Leipzig, Germany
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Marco Rose has been linked with the vacant head coach position at Tottenham Hotspur(Image: Photo by Luciano Lima/Getty Images)
Marco Rose has already explained exactly what he'll bring to Tottenham Hotspur. The 49-year-old has recently emerged as one of the many potential candidates to fill the vacant head coach position at Spurs.
football.london understands that the Lilywhites are currently working on a contingency plan. It remains to be seen whether Tottenham will appoint an interim or permanent head coach ahead of the North London Derby later this month, but Rose has suddenly become the bookies' favourite to take the reins.
The German has been without a job for nearly a year since March 2025, when he parted ways with RB Leipzig. Rose enjoyed a two-and-a-half-year stint at the Red Bull Arena, winning the DFB-Pokal and the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup.
Xavi Simons worked closely with the former Mainz defender at Die Roten Bullen, scoring 18 goals and providing 22 assists in 68 games across all competitions. Rose had previously also enjoyed spells in the dugout at Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Mönchengladbach, but it was at RB Salzburg where he earned his stripes.
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After a brief spell as head coach at Lokomotive Leipzig in the depths of the football pyramid, the German was picked up by Red Bull. Rose climbed the ranks at Salzburg, winning silverware with the under-16s and under-18s before eventually becoming the first-team boss.
He etched his name into the history books of the Austrian outfit, winning the domestic double in 2018/19. Rose's distinctive press-and-attack brand of football caught the eye, and he enjoyed a meteoric rise to superstardom in Germany.
Marco Rose reacts during the UEFA Champions League football match between RB Leipzig and Liverpool FC in Leipzig, eastern Germany on October 23, 2024.
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Marco Rose reacts during the UEFA Champions League football match between RB Leipzig and Liverpool FC(Image: RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images)
On his playing philosophy, as quoted by the Bundesliga website, Rose once said: "We want to be very active working against the ball when we lose possession, lots of sprinting. We want to win the ball high up the pitch and have a short path to goal.
"And when we have the ball ourselves, we want to play well; we don't want to punt high balls up the pitch, but be quick and dynamic getting forward."
Interestingly, Jurgen Klopp signed Rose for Mainz in 2002, and he went on to make almost 200 appearances for the German outfit. Together, they won promotion to the Bundesliga.
Marco Rose is a Jürgen Klopp 'disciple', and could ultimately be a great fit for Tottenham.
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Marco Rose is a Jürgen Klopp 'disciple', and could ultimately be a great fit for Tottenham.(Image: Photo by Joachim Bywaletz/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
"I spent a lot of years under 'Kloppo', and it was a great time," Rose said. "He shaped all of us. We picked up a few things in terms of football, but above all, it was the way he was with people [that was influential].
"Maybe there are a few [coaching] parallels with me and Jürgen, but I've also found my own style."
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