This due to injuries to Bafana Bafana key players ahead of their final Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sierra Leone next week Saturday.
Pienaar, who missed the Bafana match against Egypt and Niger due to a groin injury, has started training with Tottenham Hotspur and could play on Thursday in the Uefa Europa match.
Mosimane revealed that they will be monitoring Pienaar's progress this week.
"Obviously, we have injuries. We are missing Teko Modise from the Niger team and Tsepo Masilela is also injured.
"We are still without Kagiso Dikgacoi, Davide Somma and also Tlou Segolela, so we have Pienaar on standby.
"I spoke to him yesterday and he is training with the team. He hasn't kicked a ball for five months now but he hopes to play the Uefa Cup on Thursday and maybe over the weekend; so we have him on standby.
"Basically it is tricky because we have to wait for him to train. Last week he trained with the team and was ready to start to play but he pulled out at training because there was a setback with the same problem.
"But we need to see him on the field of play. The doctors will tell us, the player will tell us and we will make a decision. He is an experienced player and when he is fit, you know what he can deliver," Mosimane adds.
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