Richard Dunne is earning the plaudits at Aston Villa Football Club.

The Republic of Ireland ace has been superb for Villa since joining from Manchester City in the summer, and his new team mate Luke Young has nothing but praise for his fellow defender.

“The ball drops in the box and there are three or four players trying to block it - nine times out of 10 Dunne blocks it, but we're all there just in case he doesn't!” he told the Birmingham Mail.

"I think he's played a massive part since coming to the club and settling in like he has. He has been fantastic in pretty much every game he's played.

"He's an old-fashioned centre-half. He's like a magnet. Everything seems to land to him or he's always there and in the right place at the right time."

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