Man United Set to Increase Bid for Robin van Persie to £20million: The Daily EPL

After Manchester United’s stock flotation, the club has more money to spend. And according to a British newspaper this morning, the Red Devils are set to increase their bid for Robin van Persie in the hopes of signing him before the end of the week. Manchester City is still interested, so we may be in store for a bidding war.

In other news, here are the Premier League news headlines for today:

• Man Utd set to increase bid for Robin van Persie to £20m — Manchester Evening News
• Branislav Ivanovic will not serve ban for red card in Community Shield — The Daily Mail
  
• Man City boss Roberto Mancini says Micah Richards could be out for a month — BBC Sport
• West Ham duo James Collins and Jack Collison have pulled out of the Wales squad — Sky Sports
  
• Swansea manager Michael Laudrup tips Danny Graham to score 20 goals — The Independent
  
• Queen’s Park Rangers: Premier League 2012-13 preview – video — The Guardian
  
• Manchester City get green light for £100m training centre — Manchester Evening News
  
• Manchester City defender Kolo Toure gives Community Shield medal to fan — Off The Post
  
• Joe Allen: The Opta stats — Liverpool FC
  
• Cologne 0 Arsenal 4 – pre-season match report — The Daily Mail
  
• British soccer referee organization welcome Expedia as referee sponsor — Sports Pro
• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain out of England squad as Joleon Lescott is called up — The Daily Mail
  
• Mancini says he is ‘very happy’ after Tevez finds his focus again — The Guardian
  
• Newcastle agree fee for Ajax’s Vurnon Anita — The Daily Mail
  
• Joe Hart and Daniel Sturridge have both been ruled out England’s friendly against Italy — Sky Sports
  
• Jack Butland may get senior cap for England — The Guardian
  
• Liverpool’s wish to play Joe Allen against Bayer Leverkusen is blocked by Swansea — The Telegraph