Thomson Mouse Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Nah I’d prefer a Keema bread bread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoywhonder Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 4 naan, thats insane Logged in just to say....nice! I'll go with: "100 pints of lager. And 4 poppadoms" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 A face to face meeting is fucking great if you ask me, add to that they all appear to be smiling afterwards make me have a lil sex wee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 For people who don't want to go on The Sun's site, here are the bits that aren't all about curries: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/5091764/amanda-staveley-newcastle-mike-ashley-curry/ Amanda Staveley and Newcastle owner Mike Ashley hold first deal talks at London curry house Ashley wants to sell and Staveley’s PCP Capital Partners are keen, although she will not meet his £400m valuation PICTURE EXCLUSIVE By David Coverdale 7th December 2017, 10:30 pm Updated: 7th December 2017, 10:34 pm MIKE ASHLEY and would-be Newcastle owner Amanda Staveley have had their first face-to-face talks – in a London curry house. Sports Direct tycoon Ashley is looking to sell the Toon and Staveley’s PCP Capital Partners are the front-runners to buy the club. It is unlikely that any deal will be done in time for the new owners to give Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez cash to spend in the January transfer window. But the meeting in an affordable Indian restaurant – which was set up by media mogul Richard Desmond – ended with hugs and smiles, as our exclusive pictures show. SunSport understands Staveley and Ashley found a common ground during the dinner on Wednesday night and there is a willingness to continue negotiations. Their mutual friend Desmond joined them for food at Paradise in Hampstead, as did Ashley’s wife Laura. Our photos show the newspaper and magazine owner, wearing a navy coat and jeans, appearing to punch the air in celebration as he says goodbye to Staveley. And Desmond repeats the gesture when waving off Ashley, who is in his trademark white shirt and jeans and is driven away by Linda in their 4×4. Our pictures reflect the positive and friendly mood the meeting was said to be conducted in, with Ashley and Staveley both leaving in high spirits. And these revelations also dismiss the suggestion from some quarters that Ashley had no interest in talking to Staveley, or that she was not serious about buying Newcastle. Ashley first revealed he was putting the Magpies on the market on October 16 and he stated that he wanted to sell by Christmas. Staveley, who attended the Toon’s game with Liverpool on October 1, signed a non-disclosure agreement with the club a few days after Ashley’s announcement. After doing her due diligence, she made a bid to buy Newcastle last month. One offer was of a one-off payment of £250million. Another was of a deal totalling nearer £300m, but involving staged payments and a number of clauses, including compensation if the Toon were to go on to be relegated. Yet Ashley values Newcastle at closer to £400m so was waiting for Staveley, who runs financial firm PCP Capital Partners, to come back with a bigger bid. Fans feared that had resulted in a stand-off and the takeover would collapse. But as our exclusive snaps show, talks are very much on, and both parties are confident middle ground can be reached and a deal can be struck. The prospect of Staveley taking control of Newcastle before the end of the January transfer window, however, is now all but over. Negotiations have taken longer than she had hoped, partly due to complications arising from other parties having signed non-disclosure agreements with the Toon earlier in the autumn. Even after a fee has been agreed, the Premier League requires 30 days to do due diligence and ratify the deal, checking proof of funds and conducting an owners and directors test. But SunSport understands Staveley has not been put off by that timeframe and is keen to buy Newcastle even if she cannot affect next month’s window. Of course, the delay does mean manager Rafa Benitez will now be relying on Ashley for any money to spend on signings in January. The Spaniard is desperate to strengthen his squad with the Toon currently sitting just five points clear of the relegation zone, with only one win from their last ten games. But Ashley is unlikely to want to splash any cash when his ten-year reign at St James’ Park could be about to be over. SunSport understands the sportswear magnate delayed a planned trip to America to meet Staveley in London on Wednesday. Ashley regularly dines at Paradise, which is just a 20-minute drive from his family home in the leafy village of Totteridge in North London. It is a low-key restaurant, with the cheapest curry costing just £6.45 – 50p less than a chicken curry at the sports bar at St James’ Park. But it is not uncommon for Ashley to do business in such public settings, as highlighted by the recent court case over his meeting with investment banker Jeffrey Blue in a London pub. Ashley knows newspaper and magazine owner Desmond through another mutual friend, Dr Keith Harris, an investment banker who tried to help him sell Newcastle in 2008. While Staveley is a long-time acquaintance of Desmond and was pictured with him in June 2016 at the summer party of PR firm Bell Pottinger. She would be the face of Newcastle if a takeover is successful, but is using investors from Dubai and Saudi Arabia to help fund the deal via her PCP Capital Partners company. I know i'm the last person who should be saying this, but what a horrendously formatted article man Makes Ryder look good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Those pics look like a deal's been done, to me. Not sure if it's the deal we all want, like. Or at least significant progress has been made. To me, and granted I may be reading too much into it, her having a new bottle of whatever is like a 'let me buy you a little something as a thanks' which is kind of a thing with big agreements personally agreed. She could buy a bottle anywhere...so to me that's a gift. I want to believe.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Ugh. Why can't things just be normal?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard of Byker Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I used to go to that restaurant frequently a few years back. The owner (nice bloke) pretty much always offered most of his customers a free shot of something (brandy usually) after the meal. Now, perhaps he's given Amanda more than a free drink... a celebratory bottle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Click bait... /Odin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard of Byker Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Desmond also lives in Hampstead. Just taking some mates to his local? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Frustrating how literally no one knows anything at all for definite. One minute the deal is pretty much off and next minute Ashley and Stavely are going for an Indians and leaving the restaurant all smiles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Savvy move by Staveley. Can't discount the chance Ashley gets drunk enough to do a sexual harassment leading to his ultimate downfall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I’m of the opinion that know one knows jack other than AS, MA and their people and I don’t mean Charnley and his ilk either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 That means the major question has been solved. Now only details have to be ironed out. Fucking positive news. Unbelievable if you ask me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Staveley (2 weeks ago): I’m thinking of a figure between £250m-£300m for the club, let me know within 2 weeks. Staveley (last night): Mike, I’ve not heard anything back from you about my offer, want to discuss it over a curry? Ashley: Here Amanda, hurry up, I’m sat here waiting to order, starving here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 A curry store may open soon in St James then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Meeting personally in such a public open place is f***ing encouraging. That means both sides did want to make the deal and they want to give another party the impression that such discussion is "friendly" rather than as bold as newspaper suggests. In addition, the key element for this take over, in fact, has to be solved by Amanda and Mike personally. That's the potential loss of relegation. In short, both sides want the other parties to take the loss, which actually in such a situation (middle of season) this should be shared among them. But this isn't easy and things can go very negative as paper suggests. However, surprisingly, and fortunately, both sides were able to arrange such a curry and solve this out themselves. f***ing awesome. Things never look as bright as now. f***ing hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellars Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Deals of this size take time. Due Diligence takes time. Especially when you have investment banks on either side. It would not be entirely unsurprising for it to be extremely quiet during a diligence period as they examine the books, assets, contracts, etc. I’m still optimistic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Good to see the journos have no fucking clue what is going on. That meeting coming out of the blue and suddenly all these journos coming out with their own story and tidbits about what happened in the meeting. I like the way PCP have done this 'keeping the lid shut' of this whole deal away from the media and journos. They're not going around selling their stories. Not sure if Fat Mike is doing it the same way but sensing that the 'leak' of the first bid could have come from his side to invite other interested parties to come in. And that bit about the deal not getting done until February, couldn't they come to some kind of agreement that Ashley or a 'loan' party could have to invest or at least help Rafa in some way in January or else PCP can pull out of any pre-agreed details? I can only see it being delayed until February due to the Premier League needing to ratify the deal and with the holidays coming up, it just won't be completed in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 There's no picture of the two parties together, could just have been a random coincidence that they were at the same restaurant as each other. p*ss take, surely? Yeah but the wierdo middle man is confusing the situation, someone obviously leaked their meeting to the press, otherwise why would a photographer just be there. If this guy owns a paper or two why is the Sun running with the story and not one of his own. Unless this isn't the real story and exclusive will drop soon ..... It's a public place, in London. Don't you have any idea how the paparazzi work? Yeah the paparazzi is just hanging outside a high class curry shop whose most expensive dish is a massive 15 pounds. They were probably hoping to catch Will and Kate, but happily settled for this story. Clearly tipped off, probably by the guy in the shot himself, who conveniently hung around the doorway long enough chatting to Amanda for the photographers to get a good snap. Like I said this is not the real story, one of his shit rags will break it in the next couple of days no doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Not a real story that Ashley and prospective buyers met, ok then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Geez christ, are people on this board so f***ing think they can't see what's obvious ? I will try to spell it out. These two meet, this Desmond guy or whoever he is gets them together, he owns a paper or two. There is a story here, he could just run it himself right now, he's there at the meet, so knows what's going on. Instead he thinks, I can stoke the fire a little before releasing my story. I'll call one of my free lance photographers I know, tell them where this is going down and be ready. Lets make sure I'm predominantly snapped in the shot. A few days later I'll give an exclusive to one of my rags, spilling the beans. I honestly despair that I had to write all that out, the whole freakin world is about spin and how to maximise publicity ffs, this is a staged sideshow, the first pump ffs!! Something is coming soon, lets hope the fist pump was well founded and he's not a Mackem !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 You probably didn’t celebrate the Tiote goal versus Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Or maybe someone either working in the restaurant or dining there tipped off the press. Notice how it's only pictures of them coming out and not going in so the paparazzi guy probably wasn't there when they arrived. In fact it's probably a good way for the owner or manager of the restaurant to get some decent free publicity, they even stuck the menu in the article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 The photo agency seems to be based only about a mile from the restaurant also. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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