City's £32.5million record signing left his club's Tenerife training camp without permission last week - citing 'an urgent personal issue' he needed to attend to in Brazil.

Hughes quickly made it clear he will be addressing the issue as a matter of urgency, as soon as he is able to speak to Robinho face to face.

"Once 'Robbie' is back, I will sit down with him - and decisions will be made after that," the City manager said last week.