( CNN ) -- Manchester City have confirmed that absent Brazilian striker Robinho will be back in time for the Premier League side 's return to training next week . Robinho had a reputation for partying prior to his British-record transfer to Manchester City last August . City manager Mark Hughes told the club 's official Web site that Robinho , who cost mega-rich City a British record fee of £32.5 million ( $ 45m ) when he signed from Real Madrid in August , will be spoken to after not joining the rest of the squad in a Tenerife training camp this week -- choosing instead to fly to Brazil to attend to a family matter . Hughes told mcfc.co.uk : `` Robbie left without permission , he felt that he had personal things that he needed to attend to . `` He made the decision to leave the camp , and go back to Brazil . That was not with my permission , and the situation at the moment is not really practical to get him back here with time differences and length of flights , so he will be back at the weekend ready to train when we are back in Manchester at the first available opportunity . `` Once he is back , I will sit down with him and explain my feelings , and decisions will be made after that . He has rung me , and he understands that we need to address this -- and we will . Then we will move on . Robinho 's decision to fly to Brazil came on the same day that City announced they were pulling out of a world record transfer move for AC Milan star Kaka , a Brazilian team-mate of Robinho . However . Hughes has insisted that that two matters are completely unrelated . Robinho is no stranger to controversy and had a reputation as a party-goer prior to his move to Manchester last year . He was dropped by his former Madrid coach , and now England national coach , Fabio Capello , who questioned his attitude and Robinho 's eventual departure from the Spanish club was acrimonious . In fact , in October 2007 , Robinho failed to return to Madrid after appearing for Brazil in an international match , claiming he had missed his flight . Local newspapers later revealed that he had been seen partying in a popular Rio de Janeiro nightclub and he was subsequently fined and dropped by the club .
Robinho will return to Manchester City in time for return to training next week . The Brazilian has been out since suffering a hamstring injury on the opening day of last season and is expected back at some point this season. However , Hughes says their failure to sign Kaka was not linked to his decision .