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Hull midfielder Meyer will shake hands with Pardew

Hull City midfielder David Meyler is prepared to accept any apology from Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew.

The Daily Mail says Meyler will accept Pardew's apology when the pair come face to face for the first time since the Newcastle boss headbutted him in March.

Pardew will seek out the Hull midfielder at St James' Park on Saturday afternoon and offer him his hand - rather than his brow - in an effort to make up with the Republic of Ireland international.

"What's the point of me dwelling on it? It's done, it's dusted," he said. "I come from a big GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) background, I played a lot of hurling and Gaelic football growing up as a kid and you used to get belted as a kid all the time.

"That's just the way it was. I used to live and breathe that. You would go home and your hands would be cut, your legs would be cut.

"I was more annoyed because we lost 4-1. I flew home with my father and we never spoke about it once. We spoke about the game. The incident was nothing. You've got to move on. You can't keep thinking about it."

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