Former Astros General Manager Luhnow Buys Spanish Soccer Club Leganés

Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow watches batting practice before Game 4 of the baseball World Series against the Washington Nationals in Washington on Oct. 26, 2019. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

MADRID—An investment group led by former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow has bought Spanish soccer club Leganés.

“We will do all we can to improve this club,” Luhnow said in Madrid on Thursday after purchasing the second-division team for an undisclosed sum from prior owners Victoria Pavón and Felipe Moreno.