SWINDON Town star striker Jon Obika has been ruled out for 12 weeks.

The hitman damaged the joint at the top of his shoulder in Saturday’s 3-0 win at Barnsley.

Town boss Mark Cooper said after the game at Oakwell that he was fearing that the deadline day signing would be out for lenghty spell due to the injury.

And the results of scans today revealed the extent of the damage and ruled Obika out for three months with the player to seeing a specialist on Wednesday.