Sean Cavanagh has admitted this could be his final season in a Tyrone jersey.
The three-time All-Ireland and five-time All Star winner told the Irish News: "I'd say there's a fair chance (of me retiring), there's no point in me saying any different.
"I'm 33 now and like anything in life, the injuries start niggling at you a wee bit.
"I'm lucky enough at the moment that I'm in pretty good shape, but it just gets tougher, it gets tougher every year for the time commitment and the injuries and everything to do with it.
"You always think about these things in the off-season, but I'd say there's a fair chance it will be."
The Moy man, who has been one of the top Gaelic footballers of the past 15 years, insists he doesn't want to "overstay his welcome".
"I'm long enough in the game now to know there's no such thing as fairytale endings," he continued.
"To be honest, I'd say if we had have made it to the (All-Ireland) final last year and if we had have won it, I think I would have been happy to walk away.
"There is always that wee bit in you, and I think it happens every sportsperson that you'll always want that bit more, but I've been around long enough to know that you shouldn't overstay your welcome either.
"It does get more difficult to put out the same energy as what you had done in years gone past. But at the moment, I'm still living the dream, I'm still loving playing football for Tyrone."
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