An investment group led by former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow has purchased Spanish soccer club Leganes.
Blue Crow Sports Group bought 99.1 percent of the Madrid-based team in a move announced Thursday.
Leganes finished 12th in La Liga 2, the country's second tier, last season. The club was 27 points off an automatic promotion place and 14 points behind sixth-place Girona, which sealed the last berth in the promotion playoffs and eventually qualified for the top division.
Luhnow tempered expectations early on but made it clear earning a place in La Liga is the goal.