Moyes expects Pienaar at training

Everton manager David Moyes expects Steven Pienaar to be at training this morning – even though the midfielder is negotiating a move to Chelsea.

The South Africa international appears London-bound after the Toffees accepted a bid, believed to be £3m, from the Stamford Bridge club.

Tottenham were in the running for the 28-year-old, whose contract expires in the summer, but have not met Everton’s valuation and, according to manager Harry Redknapp, are unlikely to do so.

“He will be in training because at the moment we don’t have a deal,” said Moyes.

“If Tottenham offer the same money that may change or maybe he will agree terms with Chelsea.

“We’ve given his representatives a chance to talk to Chelsea but they’ve not got permission to talk to Tottenham because they’ve not offered the same money.”

Redknapp suggested after his side’s goalless draw at home to Manchester United they could not compete with Chelsea.

“If they’ve accepted an offer from Chelsea, £3m, I don’t know if we would be prepared to match that offer, I doubt it very much,” he said.

“I’d think if Chelsea are coming in, the wages they would pay would be far in excess of what we would pay.”

Pienaar was left out of the squad for yesterday’s 2-2 draw in the 215th Merseyside derby after telling Moyes he did not want to play.

“Steven came to see me on Saturday and said he didn’t feel he was in the right place to play,” said the Toffees boss.

“I had a decision to make and I felt it would be better not to use him if that was the case.”

His side did well enough to prove there is life after Pienaar, recovering from Raul Meireles’ opener to score twice in the first six minutes of the second half through Sylvain Distin and Jermaine Beckford.

Moyes was denied his first Anfield victory in nine attempts by Dirk Kuyt’s 68th-minute penalty.

“I am disappointed we didn’t take all three points after the second half but delighted to only come in 1-0 down after the first half because Liverpool were the better team,” said the Scot.

“In the first half we never got to the pitch of the game and it looked as if we had some young players in the team who looked overawed by the start of the game.

“Liverpool won all the duels so it needed a word to correct it at half-time and in the second half we were terrific.

“I thought we had a chance when it went to 2-1 because we were on top but we were missing three or four big players.

“I know Liverpool were missing two (Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher) but it is different for a club like Everton, who have a much smaller squad.”