Anyone who thinks we can sell him and replace with equal or better is crazy. One thing the board have done fantastically well that has been ignored by many is keeping players at the club unless we want to sell. People that don’t rate him bade performance completely on goals and assists. Do not sell!

Jedinak we (Pardew) wanted to sell so yes and Murray wanted to play and Pardew didn’t plan to play him, plus there was an element of ‘business decision’ in there.

COYP

indeed.

unless a sway for gray happens.

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

Not quite as stupid an idea as selling Zaha, but certainly up there. Wish he could shoot though.

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No one except DutchEagleJohan on the previous page of this thread. Which is probably why no one else mentioned it.

I’d say Bolasie was the last starting first XI player we sold and to be fair the money we got at the time was good business and don’t think any one complained as it made sense.

I’m not saying we should sell Townsend but if a substantial offer comes in for him like it did Bolasie then it might be good business. That’s not to say he has been a good player for us, of course he has.

My thoughts are though that a silly offer could help build a better team.

As posted in Tranfser Talk I’d seriously consider Iheanacho even if Townsend went in the other direction.

Good strikers are hard to find and he’s stuck behind Vardy and itching for first team football.

I’d say that would solve a bigger problem we have and then the search for a Townsend replacement shouldn’t be an impossible task.