Spurs Start Season Without Pienaar

Tottenham Hotspur will start next season without the presence of Steven Pienaar. South African national team midfielder 29-year-old was convicted must step aside from the gridiron during the next six weeks following the surgery to restore his groin injury.

Pienaar suffered an injury meant Spurs-transferred from Everton in January, while strengthening the Spurs in pre-season friendly match against Athletic Bilbao at White Hart Lane on Saturday (6/8). At that time, Pienaar had pulled out of the field when the game entered the mid-first round.

"Following the results of the scan and consultation with specialists, Steven Pienaar had surgery on his groin on Tuesday (9/8) morning. South African national team player was pulled out of the field in the first round preseason match against Athletic Bilbao and is expected to undergo a six-week recovery process," the official statement Spurs.

Thus, Pienaar certainly absent from the initial eight Premiership games, starting when the Spurs host Everton on Saturday (13/8). Pienaar was forced to be spectators when the troops Harry Redknapp was involved big-game match against Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool. Plus play-off match against Heart and Europa League first group stage match if Spurs managed to escape. (Mirror)