Rennes defender Onyekachi Apam will spend the next three weeks on the sidelines after he suffered a tear in his right thigh against Bordeaux last weekend, the official website of the Ligue 1 club has disclosed.

Apam was not in the Rennes squad that played Montpellier in the League Cup on Wednesday. He will be absent for four more games against Bastia, Marseille, Lorient and Toulouse.

'' He should be out for three weeks,'' coach of Rennes, Frederic Antonetti.told the official website.

26- year - old Apam has made 7 appearances in the French championship.

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