Jack O’Shea has paid a glowing tribute to retiring Dublin star Brian Fenton.

Like O’Shea before him, Fenton was the outstanding midfielder of his generation and bows out at the top of his game with seven All-Irelands, 10 Leinster SFC medals, four Allianz Football League titles and six All-Star awards as well as two Footballer of the Year accolades.

"He's a player I've admired for years," the Kerry legend told RTÉ2fm’s Game On programme.

"He's a fabulous player and a fabulous person. His Dad is a fabulous man, he was a fantastic Kerry supporter when we were playing. The bit of Kerryness in him doesn't do him any harm either.

"He was a phenomenal player, I've probably seen about 97 or 98% of his matches in Croke Park.

"You couldn't but admire the excellence of his play, his movement, his involvement in the game, his behaviour. Everything that is good about Gaelic football, Brian Fenton had it.

"He never wasted a ball really. He was pivotal to everything Dublin did. When they got into trouble, he was the one who dug them out of trouble.

"When it came to tight matches, he was the one that stood up. When the need is greatest, your cream comes to the top.

"You don't get players like that every day. He's a player of a generation."

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