It had become apparent - and still hurts.
Quirin Moll, Marius Willsch and Lorenz Knöferl are finally out of 1860. All three don't know why.
They should be at the club premises on Tuesday morning.
The 1860 entourage with the Belek drivers boarded the bus to the airport at 10 a.m., for the trio of those who had been decommissioned the training at home began at the same time, a very lonely one.
"Quirin Moll, Lorenz Knöferl and Marius Willsch will not travel to the training camp, but will train in Munich in a targeted manner and according to plan," says the TSV 1860 website in a nutshell. Alone: Who Moll & Co. until the return of the team and keep the coaching staff in shape was initially not regulated.
The club did not provide any information about this when asked.
The standard contracts state: "Every professional footballer has the right to take part in the training of a professional team, since a lack of training entails the risk of losing job-specific skills."
Detached from legal and moral assessments, the frustration was enormous among the three who had been rejected.
One day before New Year's Eve they found out that they will not be there in Belek.
It wasn't a big surprise after the trio had been living in the shadows since the start of winter preparations in mid-December.
They weren't used in any of the three friendlies, and training away from the group was the order of the day.
It doesn't get any clearer.
Nevertheless, the final rebuff hurts - even if you are prepared for it.
So far, none of the trio has publicly expressed their anger, but there is little understanding of the measure.
Moll, 31, is considered an impeccable athlete and was not on the pitch for any of the four failures before the league break, partly due to illness.
Willsch, 31, also has little to blame - for the Lions' dream of promotion, he risked his health at the end of the 2020/21 season and was then out for months (pubic bone).
Finally, Knöferl is a stagnating talent, but still young.
Only 19. From a purely sporting point of view, the trio can hardly be blamed (they only played 361 minutes together this season) - and it is at least not known that anything disciplinary happened.
But the message is clear - and was formulated by Michael Köllner shortly before Christmas.
"Of course, if the player realizes that he has little playing time, a change makes sense," said the coach after the 2: 4 in the friendly against Bayreuth: "The player also has to think about himself: It's not particularly good when you haven't been in the squad for half a year.” The transfer window is open – a separation would be salvation for all parties.