In my experience the term luxury player tends to be applied to any player who has once contributed a 20 yard pass to feet or went round a man in front of the home end on debut (never to do so again) or does a long range goal a couple a couple of times a year but is otherwise is a pretty terrible player. For some reason doing these things well occasionally gives you the leeway of being a 'luxury player' whereas if instead you'd won a couple of thundering tackles twice in the last month or made 1 interception in 3 games while generally falling on your arse then you are just s*** apparently. People who are determined the luxury player is the second coming of Euseibio based on the that one glorious time he turned a player inside out and then played a cross-field ball to no one will make the following excuses for why the luxury player is not actually s***, but merely giving the impression of s***ness;
1 - 'our players aren't good enough' (and neither were the players at the other 2 clubs he failed to make an impression at or in fact any of the clubs he subsequently turns out for - professional footballers are all crapper at football than the luxury player).
2 - 'the problem is English football doesn't have room for a player like him and we don't appreciate his skills' (He needs to play somewhere where they have a culture that protects the skilled players and gives them room to develop and express their flair like the Kazakhstan 4th division which he ripped apart at the age 42 providing conclusive proof that we completely wasted his talent).
3 - 'Our players are just not on his wavelength, he's playing the ball to where they should be and they don't have a good enough football brain to realise it'. (No one is on this guy's wavelength - he's tuned his radio into a channel that's playing some seriously experimental stuff and he ain't changing for nobody).
4 - 'The manager doesn't appreciate his talents' (The stupid b****** seems to expect the luxury player to demean himself by doing such drudge work as tracking back, tackling, moving about, having a consistently positive impact on the game and generally looking like he actually gives a s***. The manager fails to understand that in order to get the best out of the luxury player he must be given the freedom to roam ineffectively in all areas of the pitch unencumbered by tactics or commitment to the primary aims of football).
5. - 'We just don't play the right type of football for him'. (Very short shortsightedly our team continues to be committed to a type of football that involves trying to score goals while stopping the opposition from doing the same. That is not the type of football the luxury player wishes to play. His type of football involves a scoring system in which unsuccessful nutmegs, 40 yard passes to nobody, running away from the ball, sulky hand gestures and keepy uppies in front of the home end while players are receiving treatment count double.
6. - 'He's a confidence player, he's just out of form at the moment'. (The luxury player has been in a bit of a funk for 2 years now. But don't worry it'll all click again soon and then the player who scored 2 goals coming off the bench for the last 10 minutes against Accrington Stanley at home in August when we were already 2 goals up will be back. That's the real luxury player right there).
7. - 'The opposition are targeting him, he needs more protection' (The b******s are tackling him and intercepting his passes. The manager desperately needs to sacrifice the 2 full backs, 2 wingers and one of the centre forwards and sign 5 massive NFL defensive linemen to stand all around the luxury player to make sure he has sufficient room to ping his defense splitting passes 10 yards beyond the remaining centre forward who is clearly not on his wavelength).
8. - 'We're just not set up to accommodate him (It is an absolute disgrace that the football club has not petitioned FIFA to allow the luxury player to permanently stand 10 yards and in 50 yards of space. Then we'd see the best of him).