Isaac Okoronkwo, who you can now regard as a former Nigeria international, has been ruled out of action for three weeks after picking up an injury in Rostov's pre - season build up. <br /><br />Thus, the central defender now misses three matches in the Russian Premier League against Krylya Sovetov, Krasnodar and Alaniya. <br /><br />Assuming there are no major setbacks, Okoronkwo will return to action on August 31 when Rostov travel to Volga for match day 7 in the championship.<br /><br />Now undergoing rehabilitation, Okoronkwo answered questions from the official website of Rostov on his recovery process.<br /><br />He told the official website : ''It is now better. Until the end of this week I plan half training in the gym. It is likely that from next Monday I start to run slowly, but after a couple of weeks, I hope, will join the group. To tell the truth, already miss football. Now the main thing - to quickly recover. By its very nature I am a football player who used to always be alert and at any time to help the team. ''<br /><br />Isaac Okoronkwo played his last match in Russia's top flight more than three months ago against Volga.<br /><br />Photo Credit: Soccerway<br />