Respray fails to save the Loftus Road moggy as Jude the mascot is neutered for good

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The club's new Italian owners are superstitious and view black cats as bad luck. Jude is based on a real black cat that lived at Loftus Road until being re-housed last autumn on orders of Flavio Briatore's regime.

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Ran out of lives: Jude (left) has been 'sent on holiday' by superstitious QPR owners

At the same time, the mascot was warned he was on his ninth life as his position was reviewed.

Following discussions, officials then sanctioned the drastic step of re-spraying Jude's fur from black to grey in the hope a different shade of moggy would placate the Italians.

Sadly, however, the paint job has failed. A message in Saturday's programme read: "Jude the Cat has gone on holiday."