Graham Potter praised Jarrod Bowen for his reaction to missing out on the England squad this week after the forward starred in West Ham's 3-1 win at Ipswich Town.

Bowen was dropped by Thomas Tuchel for the Three Lions' June internationals despite his impressive recent form, and excelled again at Portman Road, setting up the Hammers' first and brilliantly scoring the second.

Of the six times a West Ham player has recorded 20+ goal involvements in a Premier League campaign, Bowen, who made his 200th appearance in the competition, accounts for 50% of them (3/6 with 13 goals and eight assists this season).

Mohammed Kudus' late strike sealed the points, but Potter believes Bowen, who became the first West Ham player to score in four straight league games since Jesse Lingard in 2021, was the class act on the pitch.

He said: "His performance sums him up as a person. He's disappointed, but everything we did that was good came through him.

"Everyone in the stadium could feel when he had the ball, he had a sharpness about him. All he can do is react in a good way, and he did."

Victory lifted West Ham up a position into 14th in the final Premier League standings, but Potter knows there is plenty of work to do in order to improve next term and intends to be at the forefront of those efforts.

Asked how involved he will be with summer recruitment, he said: "Really involved. It's a big summer.

"We have too many players, especially if they’re all senior players. There's too much money not on the pitch.

"We have to be smart. We have to make right decisions and be aligned."

Ipswich finished 19th and have made an immediate return to the Championship, but Kieran McKenna was in an upbeat mood, claiming the club are in a good spot.

He said: "I don't think there have been many weeks when you can question their [the players'] commitment. The players have given everything.

"The fans can see a club that's very much still together and united, and they've been a massive part of that, sticking right behind us. That's going to be a massive thing going forward.

"We've finished the season not with the outcome that we want, but still very much together, and that puts us in a really strong position going into the years ahead."

Ipswich finish the 2024-25 season with just 22 points, their lowest-ever tally in a league campaign (three points for a win), while their total of four wins is also their lowest ever in a league season.