Return to sender: Chris Samba and other quick return transfers

Steven Pienaar

Everton – Tottenham – Everton

David Moyes had a knack for finding quality players for knockdown prices during his tenure at Goodison Park. The £2 million capture of Steven Pienaar in the summer of 2007 proved it. The winger was much-loved at Everton, and his skill persuaded both Chelsea and Tottenham to move for him. Pienaar elected to move to Spurs in January 2011. Unfortunately his time at Tottenham was blighted by injuries. Everton took the South African back on loan twelve months later, before making the move permanent last summer.