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Daily Mirror - NO REAL POINT
QPR have abandoned plans for a glamour friendly against Real Madrid at Wembley - as it would have left them £500,000 out of pocket.
Rangers joint-owner Flavio Briatore is a friend of Madrid president Ramon Calderon and the pair had held talks about a high-profile preseason fixture.
But the game would have cost Rangers £1.2million to stage and the club were not confident of bringing enough fans through the gates to break even. Mirror
[Who we would have been playing: Real Madrid's Official Site (in English)]
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