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Pienaar warning for Toffees

09 Apr 2008 - 11:22:09

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Everton's loan midfielder Steven Pienaar has warned that a permanent deal to join the Toffees from Borussia Dortmund needs to be agreed in the near future.

The 26-year-old South Africa international is currently on a season-long loan at Goodison Park and has impressed for much of the campaign.

Pienaar told kickoff.com: "At this stage I'm in the dark. I'm still under contract to Borussia Dortmund until June 2009 and only when they give me the go-ahead can I start to negotiate with any possible club.

"Obviously they will only give me this permission when they have reached an agreement with a club that wishes to buy me.

"But so far I have not been informed by Dortmund that they have reached agreement with Everton.

"The clock is ticking for me because I have a maximum transfer fee of three million in my contract with Dortmund that is only valid until April 30.

"I cannot allow this deadline to expire, because this is a transfer fee that is affordable to a number of clubs, particularly in the Premier League.

"So reasonably speaking, I can only wait for a few more days for Everton to reach agreement with Dortmund.

"If that's not going to be forthcoming, then I will then need to pursue the other options that I may have."