Landon Donovan's Everton plays at Birmingham City Saturday (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 10 am ET) in what will probably be his last game on loan to the Toffees. But Everton manager David Moyes hasn't given up hope of reaching a deal with the Los Angeles Galaxy to keep him longer.

"I don't know yet whether this is Landon's last game," said Moyes. "There is still a chance that there could be a players' strike in the U.S. and that could give us the chance of having him a bit longer."

Moyes hopes to get Donovan back. "We have never talked about a permanent deal," the Everton manager said. "But I think he will return to the States and say, 'Wow, the Premier League is where I want to be.'" One possibility is that Donovan return on loan again next January. "I would probably try to bring him back here," added Moyes, "certainly if he was available in the way that AC Milan keep re-signing David Beckham."