And you are right most of the fat cat clubs could easily treble Zahas salary, but he is on a lengthy contract and that means he goes on Palaces terms when and if he does leaves. Freedman was different because his contract was up in the summer and as far as anyone knows Palace hadn't come to him...
The club refused permission because if they had granted It then Freedman could have walked and Bolton would not have had to pay compensation. As soon as the comp was agreed permission was granted.
And Freedman went because A) he was reportedly offered 3 times his salary at Palace and most people would jump at that and B) The owners did nothing to stand in his way as far as I can see, so as long as they got the compensation they felt was right they allowed him to leave.
You may be right but i can't remember them spending that kind of dough on any player, then again i don't really take a lot of notice of QPR if i am honest. And yeah they certainly have the spending power if needs be if and when they get promoted