"I'm not going to pre-empt anything, but if it is, they have been wonderful servants and they died with their boots on."
McCarthy was 34 in March, Fitzsimons turned 35 the following month, while Cluxton, in the less demanding position of goalkeeper, will be 43 in September.
'It felt like it was a natural end to the greatest team we'll ever see'
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Cavanagh, who was speaking on The Sunday Game, says we've likely seen the last of Gaelic football's most successful inter-county trio of players.
"There feels like a bit of a closure, and a sadness to it," Cavanagh, who won three All-Ireland medals with Tyrone, said on the programme.
"I was the wrong end of a lot of results against that amazing Dublin team. When they won last year, you felt like it was a bit of a last dance.
"They got the band back together mid-season and they eked out their win. For me they couldn't retire like that. I know people talk about retiring on top but you'd always retire wondering could you go again, could you win another one.
"When they had to bring the lads off, it felt like it was a natural end to probably the greatest team we'll ever see in Gaelic football history.
"Some of the best players will retire with bucketloads of medals, but they were beaten by a good Galway team who fully deserved their win.
"Losing the second half 0-09 to 0-05, I can't remember the last time that happened. They can retire, if they do retire, with their heads firmly held highly."
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