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Queens Park Rangers rebel Eduardo Vargas refused to play for the club at Crystal Palace as they battled relegation.

We revealed yesterday that the 25-year-old Chilean is one of the so-called ‘bad eggs’ currently in the firing line over their attitude at the Loftus Road club.

Boss Chris Ramsey twice asked him to go on as a substitute in the club’s defeat at Selhurst Park on March 14.

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Palace were leading 3-1 at the time, Matt Phillips had scored an 83rd-minute consolation goal to give QPR a glimmer of hope.

Vargas was supposed to replace Shaun Wright-Phillips five minutes from time. But he refused.

Ramsey asked again, Vargas refused once more and the manager was forced to send on 18-year-old midfielder Reece Grego-Cox instead.

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Vargas is on loan from Italian side Napoli so is set to leave at the end of the season and QPR have confirmed he was fined two weeks’ wages as a punishment, but refused to comment further.

The incident illustrates the concerns behind the scenes over the conduct of some players as the club failed in their battle against the drop. It also underlines the scale of the problem that faced Ramsey, set to be confirmed as the Hoops' new boss at the end of the season.

Mauro Zarate was fined two weeks' wages for storming out after failing to make the match-day squad against Liverpool earlier this month. He has been sent back to his parent club, West Ham.

Vargas is currently back home in Chile and will not return to QPR as his loan expires at the end of the season.

Although Adel Taarabt and Armand Traore are both fit, they will not play any part for the remainder of the campaign.

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As revealed by Mirrorsport yesterday, QPR are actively exploring ways of ending the contracts of both players this summer as they each still have 12 months left to run.

Harry Redknapp, who quit as boss in February, described Taarabt as “lazy” and last month Ramsey said: “I think many a person has tried (to nurture him) but it has to come from within.

“At the moment I haven’t got the time to spend on him when I have to get the rest of the squad to where they need to be.”

QPR midfielder Joey Barton, who coined the term "bad eggs" phrase, claimed on Twitter on Tuesday: “I don’t believe Vargas, Isla, Zarate, Taarabt or Traore are responsible for QPR’s relegation.”