D.C. United announced the signing of playmaker Gabriel Pirani on loan from Brazilian power Santos on Thursday, filling a midfield hole left by the midseason exit of Lewis O’Brien.
A product of Santos’s youth academy, Pirani has recorded five goals and five assists over 77 appearances for the club since debuting in February 2021. This will be his third loan from Santos following two stints with other teams in the Brazilian top flight: last year with Cuiabá Esporte Clube and earlier this season with Fluminense, for whom he netted two goals in 24 appearances.
Pirani’s arrival will soften the blow of losing O’Brien, an influential Englishman who started 17 matches this season before returning to Premier League club Nottingham Forest earlier this month after his loan expired. The Brazilian, however, is not a like-for-like replacement: O’Brien is a two-way player who typically partnered with Russell Canouse in defensive midfield, while Pirani is an attacking midfielder who tends to play higher up the pitch. The move could allow United Coach Wayne Rooney to drop Mateusz Klich back to the deeper midfield role he played earlier this season before shifting to a more advanced position following O’Brien’s arrival.
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