Monfort to head Alavés coaching team

'Exciting proposition'
"I accepted the post very quickly because this is a very exciting proposition: I look forward to co-ordinating a well-organised group of coaches with the key being to get the best possible level of performance out of the players," Monfort said.

American style
Alavés president Dmitri Piterman, the Ukrainian-born United States businessman who took control last July, has restructured the management to introduce an American-style team of coaches with each focusing on specific areas. Cos steered Alavés to promotion to the Primera División last month. The club, UEFA Cup finalists in their first European campaign in 2001, were relegated in 2003.