Clearly prompted by the announcement of how much profit the rags have made but it seems to be a massive leap prompted by their supporters in the heart of the BBC - something to distract their global fan base (9.5% of the whole population of the world remember) from how sh*t their football has been and how they haven't won anything for the past two seasons and are on the verge of making that three in a row.
It is amusing how, when it suits them, City are "The Richest Club in the World" but then they choose to ignore the club when making the comparisons.