Where is Caiuby? By Rune Gjerulff

FC Augsburg star Caiuby hasn't returned to training after the summer holiday as planned. Nobody from the club knows where he is.

Caiuby hasn't returned to the training pitch after the summer break.

At day two of FC Augsburg's training camp in South Tyrol, nobody from the club has heard from the Brazilian winger Caiuby, Kicker reports.





Caiuby missed both a fitness test on Sunday and the departure for the training camp on Monday. Augsburg announced on Twitter yesterday that the Brazilian had 'extended his holiday on his own initative', but that's just an assumption. Nobody from the club has been able to reach him.



"We try to contact him, but that's not so easy," Augsburg coach Manuel Baum told Kicker and added:



"It's most important to me that a player comes back healthy. Something may have happened."



It's not the first time that Caiuby has stayed away for longer than agreed. In January 2017, he extended his stay in Brazil without coordinating it with the club while he was going through rehabilitation following an injury.



Manuel Baum refuses to talk about any consequences until Caiuby returns.



"I'll listen to him first," he told Kicker and added:



"It's annoying that he's not here, but it's no use thinking about things you can't influence."



Caiuby, 29, made 33 appearances for Augsburg last season with five goals and eight assists to his name.





