England striker talked about after Colombia initially criticised life of luxury here (9)
I believe the answer is:
cockaigne
'england striker talked about after colombia initially criticised life of luxury here' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'colombia initially criticised life of luxury here' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'colombia' could be 'co' (abbreviation) and 'co' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for cockaigne that I've seen is " place of 15 across [DOLCE VITA] ?".)