Everton boss David Moyes was happy to pay over the odds to sign Tottenham midfielder Steven Pienaar.

Moyes has no doubts about Pienaar's value to the team.

The Scot, accustomed to tight purse-strings for ten years, said: "I was delighted to get Steven back although financially it wasn't a good deal for us.

"We tend to do good deals at Everton - like Jelavic's - but we had to buy Steven back for more than we sold him and he was a year older.

"It's not normally the sort of thing we would do but overall he was integral to what we do. The supporters wanted him and we wanted him as a team. So we had to bring him back - we needed him. For once in a deal we had to close our eyes a little bit and just get on with it."