Tomas Soucek is enjoying a tough first preseason with West Ham United.

The Czech Republic international is enjoying the hard work in his first pre-season with West Ham and, having scored again at London Stadium for the friendly against Brentford, is hoping to take his goalscoring form into the new season.

"I feel very well because the last game was hard for my whole body, because we prepared very hard, but I think that we needed to," Soucek told West Ham TV.

“We've prepared very hard but very well for today. I had more time for recovery and for rest. Hopefully you will see it on the pitch.

“I like scoring here! I have to carry on scoring in season though. Now I am flying away to my national team and hopefully I carry on scoring and I can transfer my form into the start of the new season."

He added: "We had three weeks off in the summer and, in our country, it was a normal three weeks for summer. We got to have a rest, and me and my wife had our wedding, so we had a nice time and we enjoyed all our family there.

“I've looked forward to the start of the season all the way through pre-season. I've been with the guys for a long time and I'm feeling really good with them on the pitch.

“I am looking forward to the first game of the new season and I'm looking forward to it for our fans, because I know they support us when we're here at home, and hopefully they will support us this season once again in this stadium."