Marco Rose is playing down the controversy building for his return to Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Bundesliga on Saturday when his Borussia Dortmund team, spearheaded by star striker Erling Braut Haaland, faces the club he left under a cloud last season.

“I’m trying not to let the stories that are being made of it get to me,” he said, adding that he is looking forward to seeing his former Gladbach players.

Rose insists he will focus on “the essentials. It’s about getting the three points”.

 

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