Exclusive | FIFA boss Gianni Infantino cancels planned speech at swanky Hamptons bash amid legal threat

Embattled FIFA boss Gianni Infantino abruptly pulled out of a swanky confab for the Wall Street elite amid UEFA’s legal threats over his botched sell-off deal with billionaire Joshua Kushner, The Post can reveal.The Swiss sports suit axed a planned Friday night appearance at the Milken Hamptons Dialogues, where he had been slated to deliver an after-dinner speech to uber-wealthy attendees, according to two sources familiar with the matter.Infantino pulled the plug on his US trip once he learned early last week that UEFA, European soccer’s governing body, planned to subpoena Kushner and FIFA’s Florida offices — before the legal moves hit the docket — the insiders said.“It is clear that Infantino wants to continue to cozy up to Wall Street,” said one global football insider.“But investors who had his back are growing weary not just by the onslaught of negative media coverage, but more significantly the possibility that the courts will look into their businesses.”FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, denied Infantino’s cancellation was tied to the escalating legal war, which could lead to charges against Infantino and may put Kushner’s corporate secrets in the public domain.“The FIFA president is currently in Asia,” a FIFA spokesperson said Friday.

“Mr.Infantino informed organizers earlier this week that he was unable to attend, so yesterday’s court filings in the United States had certainly no relevance to his decision.”The Hamptons schmooze-fest where Infantino had been set to speak is a boutique spin-off of the Milken Institute Global Conference, a shindig for the mega-rich held every May in Los Angeles.Infantino has been flying worldwide for talks with national federations to shore up his vulnerable political position, using a private jet laid on by Qatar, flight records and his own public appearances show.As of Friday, he was holed up in the Doha, flight records reviewed by The Post show.UEFA on Thursday asked a Manhattan federal...