brazil has produced some of the greatest football slash soccer players of all time currently the
leading figure from the south american nation is neymar jr in 2017 he left barcelona to join
paris saint-germain for a world record fee of 222 million euros or 263 million dollars at the time
with neymar commanding a high salary he's been spending it on what he loves batman today we're
going to look at the passion the brazilian forward has for the dark knight and for comics including
his batman-esque helicopter we'll also see some of the most expensive batman products that have
ever been sold so let's get started in 2019 neymar showcased his helicopter that's inspired by the
aura of batman he turned up in the chopper for training with brazil as they prepared
for the copa america fun fact brazil actually won the tournament that year maybe neymar's bat
chopper had an impact anyway the helicopter was a personalized airbus h-145 made with mercedes-benz
the model was previously known as the eurocopter ec145 before airbus rebranded
in 2021 neymar released images of himself with the stunning copter in the background
we can see that the tail has neymar's initials marked on it with njr standing for neymar jr
the brazilian forward reportedly had his chopper painted jet black as it could be likened to the
hero of gotham city even the interior is decked out with dark colors the caped crusader's famous
bat logo is reportedly stitched into each of the 10 seats on board according to reports the airbus
h-145 model can cost around 14 million dollars and that's not taking into account the modifications
that neymar has made on the chopper which could mean the psg star might have spent well over 15
million dollars altogether like we mentioned the airbus h-145 has space for up to 10 passengers
with an additional two seats for the pilots the model is a favorite amongst the world's
rescue services the canadian mounted police and services in boston reportedly have an h-145 in
their arsenals after all there's the possibility that additional equipment such as emergency floats
rescue hoist searchlight and cargo hooks can be included when purchasing the model even various
militaries across the globe have h145 variants available such as serbia germany and the us
airbus prioritized the range when it came to the h-145's twin engine on a filled tank the chopper
can travel 351 nautical miles or 404 standard miles it's also able to reach a top speed of
130 knots or 150 miles per hour due to the h-145 stellar reputation even used models are listed
online for as much as 7.8 million dollars but this isn't the only helicopter that neymar has owned
back in 2013 shortly after leaving santos and joining barcelona he purchased a similar jet black
chopper the model is reportedly what was formerly known as a eurocopter ec130 now it's called an
airbus h-130 according to sources neymar's former helicopter was priced at 3.8 million dollars in
2016 neymar was banned from selling the helicopter by the brazilian authorities for a period
at the time the forward was being investigated for tax evasion in relation to his move from
santos to barcelona the helicopter isn't the only time neymar has showcased his love for batman
in 2016 he and his partner at the time actor bruno marquezin went to a party on snapchat
neymar uploaded a photo of himself while standing next to a batman cowl next to him marcosine was
dressed like catwoman complete with a batman logo necklace by 2017 neymar even celebrated his 25th
birthday with a batman theme he hired out the ivy resto lounge in barcelona with his then teammates
including lionel messi as well as for his friends and family the cake was decked out with bat logos
with his initials written within one of the ivy resto's lounge's most expensive drinks is a bottle
of sorak magnum vodka at 400 euros around 470 dollars but it's not just batman where neymar
draws his comic line he also has a love of spider-man in 2018 brazilian tattoo artist
thierres paim was hired by neymar to do some work in the past paim has inked neymar but this project
was a little more special neymar ended up getting his upper back tattooed with batman and spider-man
springing into action neymar even had his passion for comics and tattoos combined when his likeness
was used in the comic book series inked art animates life on top of being the world's most
expensive footballer neymar has also earned a lot of cash for his bank account according to forbes
in june 2021 neymar earned a massive 95 million dollars in the past year with 76 million dollars
coming from his salary and 19 million dollars from endorsement deals after signing with psg in 2017
neymar's contract provided him with 1.02 million dollars a week even during his santos days he was
earning large amounts as his career began to take off he was on 1.7 million dollars a year
then his santos contract jumped to 4 million in 2011 he also signed an endorsement deal
with panasonic that earned him 2.4 million dollars over two years after flying to spain to become a
barcelona player he was reportedly earning around 15 million dollars per year between 2013 and 2016.
neymar has worked with such brands as nike puma volkswagen santander and many more
at one point he was earning more money off the pitch from various endorsements than on it some
sources claim that neymar has a net worth of 200 million dollars at the time of writing if neymar
wants to expand his batman collection he may need to splash out many more millions in january 2021
a near mint condition comic of batman issue 1 went up for auction first released in 1940 it wasn't
the first appearance of the dark knight that was in the year prior in detective comics issue 27
however batman issue 1 had the debut of the joker and catwoman in the end the item was sold for 2.2
million dollars should neymar want to look the part and have a piece of cinematic history
he could have gone to an auction in 2016 and walked away with a number of items used in
the dark knight trilogy firstly there was the bat suit that was worn by christian bale in the films
that was sold for 250 thousand dollars then there was the bat pod the armored motorcycle that went
for 406 000 finally in case neymar has a friend he can force into being a villain bane's costume
was there and sold for 125 000 the 1960s batman tv series first launched the caped crusader into the
mass public's eye one of the most iconic moments in the show on top of adam west's dancing is
whenever the 1966 batmobile appeared on screen in 2013 the original vehicle was put up for auction
it ended up being sold for a whopping 4.2 million dollars by 2015 it was put up for sale again
with an asking price of 5 million by the following year it was sold for an undisclosed amount
final fact finish currently the guinness world records title for the most expensive helicopter
belongs to the lockheed martin vh-71 kestrel it was primed to be introduced into the u.s
presidential fleet the order would have purchased 28 in total for 13.2 billion dollars making each
chopper worth around 471.4 million dollars thanks for watching we'll see you next time
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