I'M a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here star Uri Geller is backing the Daily Echo's Staying Up with Harry and Jim campaign.

And he says all Harry Redknapp has to do to get the Saints celebrities out of the relegation mire is to pick up the phone and call him.

The international celebrity was bending spoons in Eastleigh as he launched Aspire Windows and Conservatories new premises at Stanstead Road Trade Park.

Speaking to the Daily Echo Uri said: "If Harry Redknapp just invites me to the dressing room I will inspire them to win."

However he added: "He has to dare to pick up the phone and call me and not be afraid of the ridicule factor. There is nothing to lose - but if he doesn't do it they are going down."

In the past, the innovative thinker and creative designer has been called upon by Newcastle United Football Club to break the jinx of failing to win matches in London.

He said: "I did it for Newcastle when they played Arsenal. It is called positive thinking. There is nothing like giving a big boost to the players - and I can do it."

Meanwhile, Uri, a former pupil of Salvador Dali, who has written 17 best-selling books and worked with Andy Warhol as well as creating album covers for Michael Jackson and Belinda Carlisle, has a message for Saints fans.

He said: "Be positive, be optimistic. Do your rituals, try to feel that you are sending an energy to them. All this does help, I believe in tangible consciousness. Fan power is immense."

The man who became famous for concentrating his mind on bending spoons said if Harry did dare to pick up the phone a local charity might also benefit.

"If I charge anything, it will go to a local children's hospice," he explained.

However here's a cautionary tale! - Daily Echo sports editor Simon Carter sounds a note of caution.

EIGHT years ago, as Exeter City teetered on the brink of relegation (again), Uri Geller told the local evening paper about his masterplan for the Grecians' survival.

Ahead of a 'must-win' game at home to Chester, Uri somehow persuaded the editor that it would be a good idea to print an orange circle on the back page for fans to cut out and take to the game.

There, they would all look at the circle at a given time just before kick-off and that would send mental energy from the terraces to the players on the pitch.

Uri also donated 'special' crystals for the supporters' club to place behind one of the goals.

Surely these well-laid plans had to work - salvation was ours, and Exeter City would be saved from the ignominy of relegation!

Guess what? We lost 5-1 in a downpour!

As I trooped out of the ground I symbolically saw an orange spot carefully scissored out of the Express & Echo lying in a pool of water.

And, yes, I am still bitter, Mr Geller ...