Everton winger Steven Pienaar has selected his “dream team” of eleven players he has loved playing alongside, and there is a surprise inclusion in there.

Dutchman Andy Van der Meyde pops up in the right wing spot despite not enjoying the most successful spell of his career while he was playing alongside South African Pienaar.

The likes of Real Madrid stars Gareth Bale and Luka Modric are not included in the team he has given to media outlet Soccer Laduma, but Mikel Arteta and Leighton Baines are.

“Gareth Bale isn’t in there and neither is Luka Modric, but this is the list of players I enjoyed playing with the most,” Piennar explained.

GK: Hans Vonk

RB: Hatem Trabelsi

CB: Cristian Chivu

CB: Christian Worns

LB: Leighton Baines

CM: Mikel Arteta

CM: Tomas Galasek

RW: Andy van der Meyde

LW: Wesley Sneijder

ST: Zlatan Ibrahimovic

ST: Rafael van der Vaart