We need Kenedy in just to not be worse off than the second half of last season. Not particularly arsed about Townsend either way tbh.
Agreed on Kenedy. But if Rafa saw Ritchie as a replacement for Townsend after our drop down to the Championship, surely in his eyes Townsend is more of a PL winger? His form since making the daft decision of going to Palace which I'm sure he regrets now has dipped, whilst we probably got the best 2 or so months of football the guy has played in his career. If he can replicate the form we saw when he was here, then I see the replacing Ritchie with Townsend thing as an upgrade. Of course, we have to spend a bit of cash to bring in the 3 players which I certainly would like; Townsend if Ritchie is indeed off, Kenedy and Pléa for when Mitro completes his Fulham move. I don't trust the club to allow that sort of cash on individual players to be spent. Hope to God I'm wrong.