"I think that we need to bring together players who can compete at European level, where every team have strengthened well and have big names,” he told fifa.com.
"It's also true that we've come up against great teams and perhaps we couldn't do much more [than we did] but Real Madrid should not go five years without progressing beyond the first knockout round."
As well as buying players, Casillas would like to see more home-grown stars in the team, but he recognised that the club's youth policy has produced many top flight performers.
"I believe that Madrid do keep track of their youth system, but in an indirect way,” he explained. “There are players that come from Madrid's youth setup at almost every club in the Primera Division.
"It is true though that we've got just three such players in our first team. And yes, in the future I would like there to be more home-grown players brought through."
Despite having won the Champions League and the Spanish title, Casillas believes that last summer’s European Championship was the highlight of his career.
"It was a really huge moment for Spanish football,” he mused. “Personally, it was a goal that I'd been pursuing for a very long time: to be able to win something for my country with La Roja. We finally did it.
"I would say that the victory was due to the squad we had who, as well as being quality players, were exceptional human beings. We were a united group and team-mates first and foremost. And that was reflected out on the pitch.
"Are we already in South Africa? I'd like to say yes but we've not sealed our place yet. That said, we're certainly on the right track."
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