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title: "Grady Diangana hoping for more first-team chances under Manuel Pellegrini"
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author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2018-10-14T11:29:59Z"
modified: "2018-10-14T11:29:59Z"
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# Grady Diangana hoping for more first-team chances under Manuel Pellegrini

After impressing in his first start for West Ham, winger Grady Diangana is hoping for more first-team opportunities under Manuel Pellegrini, [football.london](https://www.football.london/west-ham-united-fc/players/grady-diangana-west-ham-pellegrini-15276313) report.

The 20-year-old shone for the Hammers in their 8-0 hammering of League Two side Macclesfield Town in the Carabao Cup, with the youngster finding the back of the net twice late on.

![Warren Little/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2018/10/1041197740.jpg)

Since then, Diangana has also made his first appearance in the Premier League, with a brief substitute cameo appearance during a memorable 3-1 win over Manchester United.

Before appearing for the first-team, the DR Congo-born wide man caught the eye of boss Pellegrini around the club’s training facility, and has since spent his days around the training ground with the first-team.

Talking to the club’s official website, Diangana, who suffered with a back injury at the start of the season, said:

> To be given the opportunity, I’m grateful.

> I had to be really patient, build my game slowly and progress my game and I think it’s all coming together at the right time. At the start of the season I had a back injury, then another little niggle, but my game picked up, I had a few good runs in the U23s and the opportunity came.

> This is what I want. For me, I think I developed my talent since I was young and my mindset is something I want to keep developing and getting stronger. For me, the belief I’ve got in myself now, I believe I can hopefully make a difference to the team and to be in and around things would be great.

With Pellegrini clearly a huge fan of the energetic winger, Hammers fans may well see Diangana in the matchday squad on a regular basis following the international break.