Nope, the worst thing is to see him not getting backed up.
Because I belive if he would be backed 100%, he would stay here for an long time.
How do you know he wasnt backed up? Rafa might have said "I want Townsend, I'd say he's worth £13m no more" and Charnley might have went in with £13m and Palace said no. Charnley might have went back to Rafa who said don't up the offer and we'll go back in the Summer.
If NUFC were mugging him off, he'd just get up and leave now. He wouldnt have to sit around waiting for another job for long.
That's perfectly ok, but you will be called a fool, naïve, gullible and a down right moron for believing it though. It's best to just accept the club fucked him over.
Past evidence would say he was stitched up, to believe otherwise really isn't worth stick is it.