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Mislintat, 50, is close with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp from their time working together at Borussia Dortmund.
Yet Ward is already intending to leave Liverpool, with his exit likely to come at the end of the season rather than after the January transfer window.
Liverpool were left rocked last week as Ward communicated his intention to leave Anfield.
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