Everton just have to continue to wait

David Moyes has made it clear that keeping Steven Pienaar and Mikel Arteta at Goodison Park is our main priority.

With Pienaar only having 12 months to run on his current deal and Arteta having 2 years left getting them to commit to their future now is vitally important.

'We have to make sure we keep the players we have got at the moment, even if we cannot go out and spend on new talent all the time.' David Moyes said speaking at the Shareholders' Forum at Goodison Park on Wednesday night.

That view was also shared by Everton Chairman Bill Kenwright, who remains confident the pair will stay: 'I'm more than hopeful we will start the season with the players who ended the season with last year. You can never say that something will definitely happen until it does but I remain hopeful that the pull of the Blues will mean the players will say 'is there anywhere better'?'

Talk of the pairs apparent reluctance to sign new deals has rumbled on during the summer, while Everton have pretty much kept spending on new players down to a minimum.

I guess the only thing we can do is continue to wait.

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