Im also a fan of both City and FC, this is great news for FC. I belive Pearson tried to buy FC befor so think his intentions are true!
In the futre it may help the Allam's buy the KC and that would be great news for City.
FC get around 12,000 crowds and thats not too bad they get more if there playing a top team and KR but they dont push too hard as they dont make much money after a certain amout due to the agreement they had when they moved into the KC, thats why the prices are so high!
I hope this changes and the prices come down!
As for a merge, no chance of this happening, they might work closer together like playing a joint team v England or NZ depending on how much money they can make from this!