Heitinga not expecting Pienaar move

When I say neither player is Top Notch I meant Drenthe­ and Pienaar
This being said Everton play better with­ Drenthe in the team
Just a pity Everton could not makr­ the move permanent

Looking back a few years I do not believe Wayne Rooney­ wanted to leave Everton
Then in August Arteta said he­ was happy at the club
The list goes on and on and will­ in my view only continue to grow

I do not think that­ either player is Top Notch
Pienaar wasn't playing­ regular football for Borussia Dortmund when he joined­ Everton initially on loan
As I remember I think­ Tottenham were pursuing .Pienaar for quite some time­ and quite frankly I think it was a No Brainer that he­ would ever move. Any footballer who wants to win­ things and have a successful career is better off AWAY­ from Everton (saying this gives me no pleasure)
In­ recent years Spurs seem to be challenging near the top­ of the league every year whereas­ Everton.....

Tottenham will continue to generate cash­ because they are based in London
Everton have no money­ and I see no end to the situation
When Manchester­ United sold shares through the Stock Exchange it­ coincided with the most successful period in the­ club's history. If Everton sold shares nobody­ would buy them

In closing when you talk about paying­ more for Pienaar than we received that is NOT ON
Not a­ bad player consistent but more than that he never seems­ to stay anywhere very long Dortmund are probably the­ biggest club he has played for in terms of winning the­ Champions League and they didn't FANCY HIM did­ they

Everton operate as a business Buy a Player and­ sell him for a Profit
These days to keep their Heads­ ABOVE WATER
Liverpool are Geared to Success
I can also­ say I have it on good authority Rooney an Everton­ supporter was or would have been happy to stay at the­ club

yes Mark , I agree that it is unlikely that Drenthe­ will stay. At no point was i suggesting he was anything­ other than a loanee , merely stating that at present­ Pienaar would be surplus to requirements when we have a­ dire need for a goalscorer !! Of the two, I would­ rather see Drenthe at Everton next season though as he­ brings an air of unpredictability about what he will do­ to a team that is rather predictable. He is also­ younger and quicker than Pienaar. From what was being­ reported at the time he left to join Spurs , Pienarr­ had refused
the offer of a new contract from EFC and he­ was sold in the January transfer window or he would­ have walked out at the end of the season with no­ transfer fee being recieved. If that was the case, just­ because it hasn`t worked out well for him at Spurs is­ not for me a valid reason to have him back at a cost of­ more than we sold him for !

Martin
With all due respect and while Drenthe has done­ well since joining Everton ON LOAN
I suspect he will­ NOT make the move permanent

Pienaar is another player sold by Everton I suspect­
Not because he wanted to go
Rather because the club­ need(ed) the money
I predicted at the time that Stephen­ Pienaar good player though he is
would not be an­ automatic choice in the Tottenham Hotspur first team

I`m not even sure we want a player like Pienaar right­ now, with Drenthe, Billy, Coleman and Barkley all able­ to play wide.What we do need is another striker, Saha­ is a shadow of the player he was without looking like­ scoring ( as is Cahill), Anichebe is still a bit of an­ enigma as to wether he will be able to stay fit and­ score goals. Velios is still very much at the learning­ stage and Straquilasi needs to start scoring soon if he­ is to be kept at EFC next season.Of these 4, I think­ one or maybe two of them will be leaving at the end of­ the season so it is important we have another senior­ striker now to get the goals we need this season and­ save the search for one during the close season.