Everton to sign Pienaar on permanent basis

Everton have announced they will sign South Africa midfielder Steven Pienaar on a permanent basis from Borussia Dortmund for a fee of just over £2m.

The playmaker has impressed since moving from the Bundesliga on a season-long loan last summer and the Toffees have agreed a three-year deal with the player.

The exact fee to be paid to the German club is £2,050,000.

Pienaar, a product of the South African arm of Ajax’s youth academy, has played 35 games this season scoring twice so far.