He was signed as a squad player and didn’t expect to be playing every game. Injuries have meant he had had to play.In theory ye, but Delph doesn't and never has really started, iwobi is amongst the worst footballers that ever played for this club so replacing them two players with two free players is a no brainer really.
But if your talking first team, which Townsend has been since he's been here, we shouldn't be signing anymore players like him to go into the first team is what I'm saying
However, if we hadn’t signed him we would be really screwed now. Beggars can’t be choosers. If you don’t have a transfer budget you can’t be too selective.