Neymar's last game for Santos comes Sunday against Flamengo as the Brazilian season's opening weekend began.
Last Wednesday Flamengo of Brazil climbed 3, 800 metres into the Andes to face Bolivia's Real Potosi.
Flamengo's first complaint is that extreme altitude gives the home side an unfair advantage.
Flamengo's second complaint is that playing at altitude puts the lives of the players at risk.
Equivalent flats in less expensive Zona Sul neighbourhoods like Santa Teresa, Flamengo and Botafogo are about half that.
The Brazil midfielder is reportedly close to agreeing a move from AC Milan to Rio de Janeiro's Flamengo.
At the time, Fernandes was the goalkeeper for Brazil's most popular club, Flamengo.
Obina, a football player in Flamengo, the biggest team in Brazil, had 25% indigenous genes, the highest percentage in the tests.
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Bruno Fernandes, who plays for Rio de Janeiro's Flamengo, is being investigated after Eliza Samudio went missing nearly a month ago.
Visitation rights start at 1:00, and no one was allowed to visit family and friends until the Flamengo crew left the building.
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However, Corinthians has more fans than any other Brazilian club but Flamengo.
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The next day Flamengo issued a statement declaring that the club would not take part in any future matches played at altitude.
Along with Corinthians, Flamengo and Sao Paulo, Santos is leading the way.
The ex-Flamengo goalkeeper admitted to knowing that Ms Samudio had been strangled and her remains fed to dogs, but denied ordering the killing.
The 1994 World Cup winning captain has kept faith with Michel Bastos (Lyon), Juan and Doni (both Roma), Kleberson (Flamengo) and Gilberto (Cruzeiro).
Towards the end of the game several Flamengo players needed oxygen.
Even top clubs, such as Corinthians and Flamengo, face dwindling crowds.
"My family and friends already know my decision, " read the statement from Neymar, 21, who will play his final match for Santos against Flamengo on Sunday.
He ended up arriving at 1:45 with state health officials and the president of the Flamengo soccer team, the Rio team he now plays for after leaving A.C.
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The indications would seem to be that playing in conditions of extreme heat - as Flamengo do in their home city of Rio de Janeiro - is probably more dangerous.
Earlier in 2007, Brazilian club Flamengo said they would not play again at altitude after several of their players needed oxygen during a game against Bolivian team Real Potosi, held at nearly 4, 000m (13, 120ft).
He also earned the FIFA Goal of the Year award in the same year for a remarkable strike in a league game against Flamengo in which he slalomed past three defenders before beating the goalkeeper.
Though other reasons contributed -- Robinho didn't want to sit on the bench at Manchester City and risk missing the World Cup finals, while Adriano used his move to Flamengo to successfully put his career back on track -- but Brazil's new money still made such moves possible.
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