Read: Just Eat shares decline as growth in UK orders slows As an aside, it makes no sense to translate the pound sterling and euro amounts to rand as the numbers are simply too big to comprehend. The same goes when discussing the balance sheets of any of the parties involved in the proposed transaction. Prosus might be a better partner Sgourdos might be right in his analysis that Prosus would make a better partner to Just Eat. It is a huge group with more than $9 billion worth in cash and short-term assets and earning several billion in revenue per year. Its big long term asset, its holding in the Chinese Tencent internet giant, can readily be milked for a few billion in cash by a quick call to the local stockbroker. As Sgourdos said in the conference call early on Tuesday: "Prosus keeps on moving forward. We are the world's leading food delivery business." He says that Prosus, through its MIH Food Delivery subsidiary, has demonstrated its ability in the industry.