Leipzig has extended coach Marco Rose’s contract by one year in another sign of continuity after earlier signing a new agreement with star forward Benjamin Sesko.
Rose has been at Leipzig for two years and his contract had
been due to expire at the end of next season.
Leipzig finished the last Bundesliga season in fourth, one
place lower than in Rose’s first campaign, but he won praise for integrating
young players like Sesko and for Leipzig’s close 2-1 aggregate loss in the
Champions League to eventual winner Real Madrid. He also won the German Cup at
Leipzig in 2023.
Rose previously coached Borussia Dortmund and Borussia
Moenchengladbach in Germany and also won the Austrian title twice with
Salzburg.
Leipzig extended its contract with 21-year-old Slovenian
forward Sesko through 2029 last week. AP