Neymar, others unharmed after jet makes emergency landing in Brazil

Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar may or may not be made available for a transfer after June concludes, but the 30-year-old was in the headlines on the opening day of the summer months for a much different reason. 

According to Adriana Garcia of ESPN, a private jet carrying Neymar and other individuals was forced to make an emergency landing in the Brazilian city of Boa Vista after the Cessna 680 Citation model experienced technical problems. Neymar departed Las Vegas, Nev., on Monday afternoon, and his jet made multiple stops before heading to Brazil. Nobody on board the flight suffered any injuries during the emergency landing. 

"Due to a small problem in the windshield wiper of the plane of the NR Sports plane, in which the athlete Neymar Jr, his sister Rafaella Santos and (girlfriend) Bruna Biancardi were traveling, the pilot decided, as a measure of precaution, to make an early landing this Tuesday (21) in Boa Vista, in Roraima, so that the problem could be resolved," Neymar's agency explained in a release shared by ESPN. "We would like to say that all the passengers are fine and waiting to continue the voyage."

Per Garcia, Neymar also addressed the matter via a video he shared on his Instagram Story. 

"I am just stopping by here to thank you all for your messages and to say that everything is good, we are already headed home, it was only a scare, everyone is good here and we're together," he said. 

Neymar is currently enjoying his offseason break but has been linked in transfer rumors with Premier League side Chelsea. For a piece published on May 27, ESPN's Julien Laurens reported Neymar wants to stay at PSG for at least one more campaign even though "Chelsea have a long-standing interest" in acquiring his signature.