A permanent move to Everton remains on for Tottenham midfielder Steven Pienaar.

The Liverpool Echo says the 30-year-old's loan spell at Goodison expired on Sunday after scoring his third goal since returning in January, and as he officially became a Tottenham Hotspur player again, Pienaar posted a series of melancholy messages on social networking site Twitter.

But the situation remains in the balance, as the Goodison hierarchy face a complex task if they are to fulfil David Moyes' summer priority of retaining the midfielder's services.

Everton must first agree a price with Spurs for the player they sold to them for £3m in January 2011.