West Ham striker Sebastien Haller hailed the performance of Grady Diangana after their friendly defeat of Ipswich.

Diangana, who has been linked with a return to West Brom after last season's loan, provided assists for Haller's first two finishes in Tuesday's victory at Portman Road, with the striker then grabbing his hat-trick after Tomas Soucek added West Ham's third in a thrilling match against the Tractor Boys.

“We can feel satisfied about the result," Haller told West Ham TV. “Of course, we still have some work to do, but it's important to start with good standards and to perform as a team. We need to perform our individual duties, so it was nice to score three goals. It is my job to score and we believe we can do better.

“It's nice for us to have a kind of player like Grady. Everyone knows the quality he has and then he went on loan to West Brom and everyone knows he performed pretty well. We are all happy to have him here and we are going to try to use his quality and strength, me most of all.

“Hopefully he will be giving me even more assists in the future!"