Pienaar: I am delighted to be back at Everton
Steven Pienaar, Tottenham Hotspur. Picture credit: Stephen Pond/EMPICS Sport
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
6:36 PM
Transfer news: Everton sign Tottenham’s Steven Pienaar
Everton's Steven Pienaar celebrates scoring his side's first goal of the gameEverton have completed the signing of Tottenham midfielder Steven Pienaar.
The South Africa international left Goodison Park for White Hart Lane but failed to establish himself under Harry Redknapp and returned on loan a year later and the short-term switch has now been made permanent.
“I am happy to be here,” Pienaar told evertontv. “It took a few weeks to sort out but I am delighted to be back and excited to play for Everton.
“There was no doubt in my mind that I would be back here. At the end of the season I told the manager how I felt and I am happy now it is all done.”
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