Real Madrid and Spain captain Iker Casillas may consider leaving his lifelong club if he does not get more playing time, the 32-year-old was quoted as saying yesterday.

A permanent fixture between the posts for club and country for more than a decade, Casillas lost his place in the Real team after breaking a bone in his hand midway through last season.

Coach Jose Mourinho, with whom Casillas had a testy relationship and who left to rejoin Chelsea at the end of the campaign, bought Diego Lopez from Sevilla as cover in the January transfer window and stuck with the former Spain international even after Casillas recovered.

Mourinho’s successor Carlo Ancelotti has since instituted a policy of playing Lopez in La Liga and Casillas in the Champions League, prompting speculation the latter could seek an exit.

“Players go through moments when if you are not playing a part you think about making some sort of decision,” Casillas said at a promotional event in the Spanish capital, according to local media.

“Of course I want to stay here, winning more titles with Real Madrid,” he added.

“I have been here since I was a small boy but the day will come when maybe a decision will have to be made.

“I have decided I want to be part of this squad for a long time but if the situation doesn’t change in three months and you ask me the same question perhaps I will answer that I am planning to leave.”

Spain coach Vicente del Bosque, who also had a stint in charge at Real, has backed Casillas through his troubles at club level.

He selected him for Tuesday’s crucial World Cup 2014 qualifier at home to Georgia ahead of Barcelona’s Victor Valdes, who has been on sparkling form this season.

Valdes played in Friday’s match against Belarus but Del Bosque said that was because Casillas had been sidelined with a minor injury for several weeks.