Friday 10 May 2019 14:46, UK
Tottenham defender Danny Rose wants to 'go out with a bang' if the Champions League final is his last outing for the club.
Spurs booked their place in the biggest club game in European football with a incredible semi-final comeback at Ajax on Wednesday night, where they recovered from a 3-0 aggregate deficit at half-time in the second leg.
They will take on Liverpool in Madrid on June 1 after Jurgen Klopp's side overturned a 3-0 first-leg defeat to beat Barcelona 4-0 in a thriller at Anfield 24 hours earlier.
Rose's future at Spurs has been uncertain and he was free to leave the club last summer before going on to re-establish himself as Mauricio Pochettino's first-choice left-back.
Whatever is on the horizon for the England international, the final could be the end of the road for this Spurs group as Christian Eriksen and Toby Alderweireld have as yet failed to agree new contracts, while a host of squad players will be made available to leave in the summer.
Rose insists all focus will be on lifting the silverware and creating history in the Spanish capital.
"I keep seeing my name, that I'm being sold," Rose said.
"So if that's the case and it's going to be my last game for Tottenham against Liverpool, I'm hoping to go out with a bang and lift a trophy.
"It's a Champions League final, so individual situations have to take a back seat and you have to put the club first. We are going to do that. We do realise we have a chance to make history."
Spurs have been five minutes or less away from exiting the competition on four occasions this season, twice in the group stage and in each of the last two knockout rounds.
They have been outsiders for most of the campaign and that will again be the case in Madrid, when they play a Liverpool team that could have won the Premier League title by then.
Rose added: "If you go back to the Barcelona game, everyone wrote us off, everyone wrote us off against (Manchester) City, everyone wrote us off last week after the Ajax game and now we find ourselves in the final so we have to keep going, keep believing and keep playing well.
"We'll have a few players back from injury, which will be a huge bonus. We have to see where it takes us.
"It's 50-50, a one-off game. They're a great team, they've had a great season and they might be Premier League champions.
"It's going to be a very difficult game and, if we defend how we did against Ajax we're not going to win, so we have to cut out the sloppy mistakes and hopefully play like we did in both second halves against Ajax."
