Not "unlikely to be true" but in your words "false". Good Heavens above, it's almost as if you state this with some form of insider knowledge. Jings, crivvens and help ma boab racedo it's giving some people the mad impression you're on the payroll. Who WOULD have thought such a thing?
Nope
I see spending €500m to shut them down as not a likely event because there is no benefit to FR in doing so.
Now if MO'L was an ego owning 100% of FR and trying to get even it would be understandable but he doesn't and he isn't. Shareholders would rightly question spending €500m for nothing.
Expanding the TA model as outlined previously using FR as a feeder makes a lot more financial sense.