LONDON , England ( CNN ) -- After a week when he could not be traced , Egyptian striker Amir Zaki is back at his Premier League club side Wigan Athletic in northern England . Wigan and Egypt striker Amir Zaki has mended relations with his club manager . According to Wigan manager Steve Bruce the two have patched up their differences after he launched a verbal tirade against the 26-year-old striker . Zaki told Al-Hayat TV that the pair `` ended up laughing '' about his absence -- when he failed to return from international duty and had a hamstring strain which no one knew the seriousness of . But , it was n't all laughs a week ago . On Wigan 's club Web site , Bruce had said of Zaki : `` I just feel it 's time that we went public on just what a nightmare he has been to deal with . I can honestly say that in all my time in football I have never worked with someone as unprofessional . `` I have already fined him the maximum allowed but this just seems to have no effect , '' Bruce said . After giving Zaki a fine for his misdemeanor the Wigan manager also revealed it was the fourth time he had gone AWOL after international duty . Are players selling their fans and clubs short when they go AWOL ? How do you think should they be punished by clubs ? Zaki 's case certainly is n't the first high profile instance of a player going missing . Inter Milan striker Adriano sparked kidnap fears after failing to return earlier this month , following a World Cup qualifier in South America . It was not the first time the Brazilian had failed to report back to his club following international duty . After a two-week absence , Adriano later announced he was taking a break from professional football at a news conference in Brazil . He told reporters : `` I 've lost the happiness of playing . I would n't like to go back to Italy , I want to live in peace here in Brazil . `` I do n't know if I 'm going to stay for one , two or three months without playing . I 'm going to rethink my career . '' Other notable cases include Nigerian forward Ayegbeni Yakubu , who failed to return to club duty at Premier League side Everton after the African Cup of Nations last year . When he returned to Everton , Yakubu was hit with a maximum £80,000 fine . Manager David Moyes said at a news conference at the time : 'Yakubu 's back in it now . That episode has ended . He let us down by not coming back . But it 's over and we 've moved on . '' German club Schalke fined defender Rafinha a record $ 1million for making an unauthorized trip to the Beijing Olympic Games and spending a total of 35 days away . One of the most bizarre examples was that of Moroccan defender Youssef Rossi , who surprised everyone when he returned to training at Dunfermline Athletic a year after having his wages stopped by the Scottish club . Rossi had previously gone AWOL from the club and returned to training with Raja Casablanca back in his homeland .
Egyptian striker Amir Ahmed was AWOL after failing to return to training . Wigan manager Steve Bruce described Zaki as ` ` unprofessional '' He went missing for two weeks and later said he was taking a break from football . How do you think AWOL players should be punished by their clubs ?