Mark Kleinman: English football’s New Deal heads into injury timeMark Kleinman is Sky News' City Editor and writes a column for City AMMark Kleinman is Sky News’ City editor and the man who gets the Square Mile talking in his City AM columnNew season, new deal? After more than three years of on-off negotiations, a formal deal to distribute part of elite clubs’ income has finally been presented by the Premier League to the English Football League. As I revealed on Sky News last month, an agreement would represent one of the most significant moments for the game since the Premier League was launched in 1992. Rising gambling levies and the soaring cost of retail employment since Rachel Reeves’s misguided raid on employers’ national insurance have created a vortex of pain for high street bookies. If Kretinsky’s ploy were to pay off, it could thwart Amanda Staveley’s return to English football after she had agreed a deal to buy the Gold interest in West Ham.