Domingos Quina is determined to build on last season's breakthrough at West Ham.
The Portugal youth international, who was crowned a UEFA European Champion with his country in the U17 tournament last summer, made his West Ham debut in the Europa League last campaign.
“Training with the first team so much in my first season has definitely developed me as a player," he told whufc.com.
“The tempo of the game, the physical side of it; I'm getting used to all that now and more often. It will definitely help going into next season and being more ready from the start of it. I'm excited for it to start already.
“Hopefully now I can play in the Premier League as well, and that's the aim. It was a good first year but now I want to kick on.
“I came here and went straight into training with the first team quickly, and I wasn't expecting that.
“When I first came in, I thought that I would be looking to impress at the Academy and earn a chance later in the season to go with the first team, so that was huge that I was trusted to go straight in there."