The club captain has endured trying times in 2013 and suffered an injury on his return to the starting line-up on Tuesday. However, he has no plans to leave Spain in January

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By Ben Hayward | Spanish Football Writer
Iker Casillas is set to stay at Real Madrid until at least the summer despite his nightmare year at the Spanish side, Goal can reveal.
The Spain skipper has barely featured for Madrid in 2013 and was hit with a fresh setback on Tuesday as he was forced off through injury after just 13 minutes of his first-team return at Galatasaray in the Champions League.
The 32-year-old has considered his future since being omitted by Jose Mourinho last season and again by Carlo Ancelotti for the opening rounds of La Liga this term. However, he has been given hope of regaining his starting spot after appearing last week and would now be unable to sign for another Champions League side in January, in any case, following his cameo in Istanbul - which included three fine saves before he was replaced by Diego Lopez.
But there is more to it than that.
Casillas' partner, journalist Sara Carbonero, is 25 weeks pregnant and expecting a baby boy either late this year or in January 2014. Asked last week whether the baby would be born in Madrid, Carbonero gave an ambiguous reply:"I don't know if my son will be born in Madrid or not," she said. "But now is not the time to talk about that ...
However, the pregnancy makes a move in January almost impossible: Carbonero will be unable to travel in December and will not want to uproot in the advanced stages of the antenatal procedure, while adapting to life in a new city without the support of friends or family is also far from ideal following the birth of a first child. With all of that in mind, Casillas has decided to remain in Spain until the summer at least.