Throwing Atsu into this isn't the fucking point. Ritchie is a player who will fetch a good price who will likely not want to sit on the bench, hence why we're trying to sell him if price is right and replace with a younger and pacy winger.
Don't get me wrong, would rather we be a club who had the joy of being to have both Ritchie and a Townsend competing for the RM spot, but we're not that way under MA and Rafa will be ruthless if he feels its for the better of the cloob.