West Ham striker Gianluca Scamacca admits he played his first season in England carrying a knee injury.

Scamacca, a signing a year ago from Sassuolo, is being linked with a return to Serie A at AS Roma.

He told La Gazzetta dello Sport: "Maybe people don't know it, but I played all year with a broken meniscus. Then at a certain point it was impossible to continue and I ended up under the knife.

"Until March, I played 27 games, scored eight goals.

"It could have been better, but even worse... the Conference [League] was a great joy for everyone: it was our passion from the beginning of the season. I didn't play in the final against Fiorentina, it's true, but of course I feel the Conference is mine: I scored three goals in the Cup in seven games."