Thibaut Courtois has issued a challenge to Real Madrid teammate Gareth Bale - do an interview in Spanish.
Wales superstar Bale has been reluctant to speak Spanish since his move to Real in 2013, which has been a stick to beat him with by dissatisfied fans.
Bale hasn't been popular with home supporters at the Bernabeu due to his language problems and his love of golf - which has seen him regularly whistled and jeered.
The former Tottenham winger also moved to the Chinese Super League in the summer before a transfer broke down, and will likely be linked with an exit from Real again in January.
But if he was to stay, goalkeeper Courtois wants Bale to show off his Spanish skills - to prove his communication skills are strong and to get the fans off his back.
"I get on best with the young players like Fede [Valverde] Brahim, before with [Sergio] Reguilon... I have Casemiro by my side and I also speak a lot with him, also with Isco and Eden [Hazard]... they are who I spend most time with," Courtois told Marca.
"In the end, I'm an easy person to get along with. I speak four languages (English, Dutch, French and Spanish) and I always studied German at school, so I speak a little bit. And, with so many Brazilian teammates, I'm learning a bit of Portuguese.
"I like to keep up my English with Gareth, although he speaks better Spanish than people think. He could give an interview in Spanish perfectly well. I speak to him a lot, I also like golf.
"Gareth does everything to win matches.
"They always go after him for the same things: golf, the language... I want to see him go out and give an interview in Spanish because he speaks very well in the dressing room with lots of teammates and he understands it very well.
"But it's his thing if he prefers to speak English, it would only be to stop people saying these things [about his Spanish] and they can see that he's very devoted."
