チームの地元メディアより(英訳)

Heidel: “Schalke 04 wird einen Atsuto Uchida niemals wegschicken”
(ハイデルSD「内田は放出せん」)

Uchida was freed for a few days by his own request to deal with his personal future.
Manager Christian Heidel emphasizes the fact that the initiative came from the player himself:
"Schalke 04 will never send an Atsuto Uchida", emphasized Heidel after the 2-0 victory against Leipzig in conversation with the WAZ.
http://www.reviersport.de/356487---schalke-04-uchida-steht-vor-abschied.html