Neymar has poured fuel into one of the greatest theories of football conspiracy after missing the last match of Santos with an injury before his sister's birthday.
Football fans have previously monitored the strange coincidence during the striker's race.
The coincidence has seen Neymar be injured or suspended around his sister Rafaella Santos's birthday on March 11.
Neymar remained in the bank during the 2-1 defeat of Santos against the Corinthians in the Paulista championship on Sunday night.
The Brazilian striker resorted to social networks to explain his absence was due to “discomfort”, having been forced against Red Bull Bragantino last week.
“All I wanted was to be in the field today and help my teammates somehow … but last Thursday I felt discomfort and that prevented me from being in the field today, we did a test this morning and ended up feeling it again,” said Neymar.
Neymar was on the bench during the defeat of Santos against the Corinthians on Sunday night
Neymar revealed on social networks that he had lost the game after suffering “discomfort”
Neymar's absence continued a tendency to be injured or suspended near his sister's birthday
“Unfortunately, it's part of football … It didn't work today, but we'll return even stronger to fight for our goals!”
His absence occurred as the striker continues to work for fitness after a year apart with an ACL lesion.
Neymar has played seven times for Santos since he joined the club where he made his great advance, after his bad spell on the side of Saudi Al-Hilal Arabia.
However, his absence continued the strange peculiarity around his sister's birthday.
The trend had for five consecutive seasons from the 2014-15 to 2020 campaign.
Neymar broke when he appeared in the victory of the PSG Champions League over Borussia Dortmund in 2020.
The Brazilian was lost games in 2021 and 2023 for the PSG after suffering muscle and ankle injuries, but appeared for the French team in a league match in 2022.
Neymar had been absent from the Al-Hilal match in 2024 after his devastating LCA injury, which had led him to disappear for more than a year of football.
Fans have noticed the strange peculiarity that has occurred throughout the race of the star of Brazil
Rafaella Santos has a large base of social networks with more than 5.9 Instagram followers
Santos has been a great defender of his brother's career and both have tattoos with each other
Together with football fans, rival players had previously noticed the strange peculiarity in Neymar's career.
The former Real Madrid star, Sergio Ramos, had joked about the trend when Neymar had been linked to a transfer to the club during her career.
“I like to play with the best and Neymar is one of them,” he said once, before joking: “What we would have to negotiate is his sister's birthday.”
Neymar and his sister are well known for their close relationship and have tattoos with each other in their arms. Neymar has Rafaella on his right arm, while he appears to his left.
Santos's manager, Pedro Caixinha, was forced to deny another theory about Neymar's absence on Sunday.
He denied the statements that the striker had been rested to help him prepare for the next World Cup classification matches in Brazil.
“All we consider was that the player has discomfort, if he has discomfort, I will not risk the Santos player,” said Caixinha, according to ESPN.
'I am not thinking about the Brazilian national team. When a player has discomfort and could be associated with a certain risk of injuries, I'm not going to risk.
'One of the things we have promised is that we will do everything possible to make sure Neymar is not injured. Discomfort is not an injury. We are not going to present a case in which it does not exist, just because he felt discomfort and was not in a position to do his best.
Santos's manager denied the suggestions Neymar was before the next Brazil games
“It was my request, and he agreed to be with the group even though I knew I could not play, because he is a different and enlightened player, who has fantastic energy, and suffered a lot for not being able to participate in the game.”
Neymar, who has 128 caps and a 79 goals record for his country, could return to the national team for the first time since he suffered his knee injury in October 2023.
Brazil will face Colombia on October 20 and Argentina five days later in its last World Cup classification matches.