Professional athletes have customarily displayed their abilities as soon as they arrived for training. Michael Jordan became enraged when former Boston Celtics player Antoine Walker drove his Ferrari to an exercise in a cunning attempt to flex.

It seems that the latter was so disgusted with Walker’s quest to become alpha dog that he showed up for training in a different Ferrari every day for the next week while sporting identical Jumpman sweatsuits. In the modern day, only Neymar Jr.’s customized Mercedes-Benz helicopter can rival Michael Jordan’s training arrival gesture.

Rewind the timer. It was the year 2019. Hope used to be stronger than COVID-19 particles and wildfire ash. After missing three months due to a metatarsal injury, the Paris Saint-Germain player was cleared to play for Brazil ahead of the Copa America competition. Neymar arrived at Teresopolis, Brazil’s Granja Comary sports center via Mercedes-Benz Airbus H-145 helicopter rather than a supercar or driver.

The helicopter is 13.64 meters long and 3.95 meters high, with a top speed of 150 mph (241 km/h). The furniture in the VIP lounge is exclusive to Mercedes. It has eleven seats.

A single fuel canister allows Airbus H-145 twin-engine helicopters to travel 351 nautical miles, 404 statute miles, or 650 kilometers. Batman is supposedly referenced in the skybird’s midnight black paint job and inside seating symbol, which are both inspired by Neymar’s favorite superhero, Batman. His back is covered in tattoos of Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man and The Dark Knight.

With his €13 million (AU$20.3 million) Mercedes-Benz Airbus H-145 helicopter and Embraer Legacy 450, Neymar Jr. is able to tour the world. Are you a professional baseball player who does not own a private jet worth €12.2 million or $19.1 million?