Professional athletes have traditionally showcased their skills upon training arrival. Former Boston Celtics player Antoine Walker drove his Ferrari to an exercise as a sly flex, angering competition addict Michael Jordan.

The latter was apparently so unimpressed by Walker’s attempt to become alpha dog that he arrived in a different Ferrari each day for the following week’s training, wearing similar Jumpman sweatsuits. Only Neymar Jr.’s customized Mercedes-Benz helicopter can match Michael Jordan’s training arrival gesture in the present era.

Turn back the clock. The year was 2019. Unlike wildfire ash and COVID-19 particles, hope once prevailed. Before the Copa America competition, the Paris Saint-Germain player returned to international duty with Brazil after three months out with a metatarsal i?jᴜry. Neymar came at the Granja Comary sports center in Teresopolis, Brazil, by Mercedes-Benz Airbus H-145 helicopter, not supercar or chauffeur.

The helicopter can reach 150 mph / 241 km per hour and is 13.64 metres long and 3.95 metres high. Mercedes made the VIP lounge’s unique furniture. It holds 11 people.”

Airbus H-145 twin-engine helicopters can fly 351 nautical miles / 404 statute miles / 650 km on a single fuel canister. The skybird’s midnight black paint job and emblem on the interior seating are reportedly allusions to Batman, Neymar’s favorite character. The Dark Knight and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man are tattooed on his back.

Neymar Jr. travels the world in his Embraer Legacy 450 and Mercedes-Benz Airbus H-145 helicopter, which cost him €13 mιllιon (AU$20.3 mιllιon). Are you a professional baseball player without a €12.2 mιllιon or $19.1 mιllιon private plane?